Oof. It’s a real AI doozy. Credit: Michael M. Santiago / Getty Images) Apparently using Google Gemini to write a fan letter in the voice of a little girl doesn’t sit well with people. Google has pulled its "Dear Sydney" ad after major backlash that criticized Google for misjudging how much the public values genuine human expression. The ad features a father using the Google Gemini chatbot to help his daughter write a fan letter to Olympic track and field star Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone. "I’m pretty good with words," says the father, "but this has to be just right." Cue Gemini, and a fan letter written entirely by a bot that, being a bot, can’t possibly understand concepts like admiration, inspiration, or just the experience of being a human child. […]
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