Google removes AI model after US Senator accuses it of fabricating rape allegations

​Google took offline a Gemma AI model from the AI Studio platform after a Republican US Senator claimed that the AI model generated false and defamatory sexual assault accusations against her during an interaction.

​In a post on X, Google stated that its Gemma models are a “family of open models built specifically for the developer and research community. They are not meant for factual assistance or for consumers to use.”

​Google then announced that, in order to prevent this confusion in the future, it is taking Gemma offline in AI Studio…