Gemini AI Olympics Ad Receives Backlash Online, Google Reportedly Takes It Down

Gemini AI advert that was just lately aired within the US for the Paris Olympics 2024 has reportedly been taken down after receiving backlash on-line. Google is claimed to have issued a press release highlighting that it took public suggestions to take away the advert from airing in the course of the Olympics occasion, but additionally proceeded to defend the thought behind it. The advert was notably criticised for downplaying human feelings and changing it with AI. Notably, the tech big can be the official “Search AI Partner” of Team USA in the course of the sporting occasion.

Gemini AI Ad Receives Flak Online

The 60-second video begins with a father’s monologue about her daughter being an enormous fan of the US observe athlete Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone and wanting to jot down a letter to the Olympian expressing how she is impressed by the athlete and desires to interrupt her document in the future. At the top, the monologue is revealed to be a Gemini AI immediate. The advert ends because the chatbot seemingly generates a fan letter, together with all the small print from the immediate.

After the advert was aired on July 26, it instantly drew the criticism of netizens on numerous social media platforms. Many questioned the purpose of sending a letter which was not written by themselves. Others criticised the tone-deaf nature of the advert which undermines “human connections”.

Noting the destructive reception of the advert, Google reportedly took the advert down. It additionally issued a statement to Variety and mentioned, “While the advert examined nicely earlier than airing, given the suggestions, we have now determined to section the advert out of our Olympics rotation.”

However, the tech big additionally defended the thought behind the advert, which was reportedly created by the corporate’s in-house inventive crew. “We imagine that AI could be a useful gizmo for enhancing human creativity, however can by no means change it. Our aim was to create an genuine story celebrating Team USA. It showcases a real-life observe fanatic and her father, and goals to indicate how the Gemini app can present a place to begin, thought starter, or early draft for somebody searching for concepts for his or her writing,” Google informed the publication.