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The update comes at a time when advancements in generative AI,
including image and video generation, have fanned concerns of
misinformation and fake news among the public, prompting
governments to regulate the technology.
When asked about elections such as the upcoming U.S.
presidential match-up between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, Gemini
responds with "I'm still learning how to answer this question.
In the meantime, try Google Search".
Google had announced restrictions within the U.S. in December,
saying they would come into effect ahead of the election.
"In preparation for the many elections happening around the
world in 2024 and out of an abundance of caution, we are
restricting the types of election-related queries for which
Gemini will return responses," a company spokesperson said on
Tuesday.
Aside from the United States, national elections are set to be
held in several large countries including South Africa and
India, the world's largest democracy.
India has asked tech firms to seek government approval before
the public release of AI tools that are "unreliable" or under
trial, and to label them for the potential to return wrong
answers.
Google's AI products are under the scanner after inaccuracies in
some historical depictions of people created by Gemini forced it
to pause the chatbot's image-generation feature late last month.
CEO Sundar Pichai had said the company was working to fix those
issues and called the chatbot's responses "biased" and
"completely unacceptable".
Facebook-parent Meta Platforms said last month it will set up a
team to tackle disinformation and the abuse of generative AI in
the run-up to European Parliament elections in June.
(Reporting by Zaheer Kachwala in Bengaluru; Editing by Devika
Syamnath)
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