Google to Let Some Users Generate Images of People After Scandal

Aug. 28, 2024, 4:00 PM UTC

Alphabet Inc.’s Google said on Wednesday that it would resume allowing some consumers to use its artificial intelligence models to generate images of people, after a scandal earlier this year prompted the company to suspend the feature.

In February, Google came under fire for its image-generation tool, which depicted historically inaccurate scenes, including incorrect racial depictions, when prompted to create images of people. Alphabet Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai called the responses “completely unacceptable,” and the Mountain View, California-based company stopped accepting prompts for people while it worked to address the concerns raised.

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