1. Samir Arora, founder of Helios Capital, suggests Sundar Pichai’s leadership at Alphabet may be at risk due to the Gemini AI controversy.
2. Pichai’s position as Google CEO and Alphabet’s head could face uncertainty amidst the Gemini AI debacle.
3. Arora’s remarks highlight potential repercussions for Pichai’s tenure amid the ongoing controversy surrounding Google’s AI technology.
Washington D.C. Feb 28: Google CEO Sundar Pichai’s tenure at Alphabet, the parent company of Google, could be in jeopardy following the controversy surrounding the Gemini AI, suggests Samir Arora, the founder of Helios Capital.
Arora made these assertions in response to inquiries on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter.
Arora criticized Pichai for his handling of the issues surrounding Google’s widely launched AI chatbot, Gemini, stating that despite Google’s prominence in AI, Pichai stumbled with Gemini, allowing competitors to gain traction.
Google recently rebranded its chatbot Bard as Gemini and introduced it globally.
According to Google, users now have access to Gemini Pro 1.0, which supports interaction in over 40 languages across more than 230 countries and territories.
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Gemini Advanced, a feature of Google’s AI Premium Plan, is available for $19.99 per month, starting with a free two-month trial.
According to a recent Google blog post, AI Premium subscribers can anticipate Gemini’s integration into various Google apps, including Gmail, Docs, Slides, and Sheets, previously known as Duet AI.
However, within a week of its launch, controversies arose. On February 23, Google expressed regret for the flawed launch of a new AI image-generator linked to Gemini AI, acknowledging that the tool sometimes ‘overcompensated’ for a lack of diversity, even when it was not appropriate, as reported by AP.
In response to these issues, Google has temporarily suspended the chatbot’s image generation feature. Prabhakar Raghavan, a senior vice president overseeing Google’s search engine and other operations, admitted in a blog post that ‘this feature missed the mark’.
He apologized for the incorrect and offensive images and expressed gratitude for users’ feedback.
Raghavan, without citing specific incidents, acknowledged criticism regarding the controversial depictions generated by the Gemini AI image generator, including portraying a Black woman as a US founding father and depicting Black and Asian individuals as Nazi-era German soldiers.
While defending the chatbot’s intentions, Raghavan stated that the goal was to accommodate diverse requests but acknowledged that some prompts led to ‘overcompensation’.
On February 23, reports emerged suggesting that the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Meity) might issue a notice to Google regarding Gemini’s ‘biased’ response to a question about Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Gemini faced allegations of ‘bias’ against PM Modi after a user raised concerns on social media.
The viral post alleges the AI model’s ‘bias’ in response to inquiries about PM Modi, former US President Donald Trump, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
