Google’s AI Gemma allegedly produced defamatory sexual assault claims against Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., prompting her to call for the technology to be shut down.
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FIRSTONFOX:ASenateRepublicanaccusedGoogleanditsAIoftargetingconservativeswithfalseallegationsandfakenewsstories,includingallegationsofasexualassaultthatneverhappened.
Sen.MarshaBlackburn,R-Tenn.,wrotetoGoogleCEOSundarPichaiinaletterfirstobtainedbyFoxNewsDigitalthatGoogle’slargelanguagemodelAIGemmaallegedlyproducedfalseanddefamatoryallegationsagainstconservatives,includingherself.
Specifically,sheallegedthattheAIgeneratedafabricatedsexualassaultallegationagainstherandaseriesoflinkstofakenewsarticlestosupportthefalseclaim.
BLACKBURNSAYSTRUMPSUPPORTWAS‘COMMONTHREAD’AMONGLAWMAKERSREPORTEDLYTARGETEDBYJACKSMITH
HerlettertoPichaicameontheheelsofaSenateCommerceCommitteehearingearlierthisweekthatzeroedinon“jawboning,”thepracticeofgovernmentofficialsusingindirectcoerciontogettechcompanies,likeGoogleorsocialmediaplatf
