Google’s latest AI platform, Gemini, is making headlines for its refusal to showcase certain historical images, including the iconic ‘Tank Man’ from the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989.
When prompted to generate an image of the lone figure standing in front of tanks during the crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators, Gemini cited its safety policy against creating images of people.
In a surprising move, the image generator component of Gemini also declined to produce images of German soldiers from the 1930s, deeming it sensitive and potentially harmful.
This strict stance against generating specific images of individuals has left users frustrated, as Gemini appears to err on the side of caution, deeming nearly all requests as potentially harmful.
