Google disputes the severity of the safety findings and claims the research methodology does not accurately represent real-world usage of its AI tools.
Too little corroboration in the last 3 days to call a trend (3 articles). Watching for it to gain traction.
"Google said on Friday it was rolling back an AI image-generation feature it had introduced in Google Earth just a day ago, after users shared images that appeared to violate the company's policies."
"Google rolled back Friday the new feature following backlash, and "we're rolling back this feature in Google Earth while we work on implementing stronger guardrails.""
"Google strenuously pushed back on the findings. The tech giant said it was unable to reproduce many of the test results reported by the Youth AI Safety Institute. A Google spokesperson also argued that researchers' tests were not an accurate representation of how people use its AI tools."