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Google Gemini image generation pause
Moment · 2024
On February 22, Google paused Gemini image generation of people.
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How it worksNumbers
- X views: Musk post only, incomplete lower bound
- 16.5M
- As of Feb 27, 2024 · X · Information Age
- Seed to milestone
- 13 days
- Feb 9 ’24 to Feb 22 ’24
- Platforms
- 4
- Started on Reddit
- Origin
- Organic
- Technology
How it spread
Trace the originUsers shared screenshots of Gemini image results on Reddit and X. After criticism of historical depictions, Google paused images of people.
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Timeline (13)
February 2024
Google precursor · Feb 1 ’24
Google introduced Imagen 2 image generation in Bard.[1]
Sweyn78 seed · Feb 9 ’24
A Reddit user posted Gemini images alongside a prompt for a Scandinavian woman.[3]
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- 1Make outputs easy to inspect when testing generative products.
Every number (4)
- X likes: Musk post“At the time of writing, the post has garnered some 16.5 million views and 142k likes”142K[11]
Press (4 outlets)
- Feb 22, 202413 days in
Engadget · Google promises to fix Gemini’s image generation following complaints
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