Google Closes Public Access To Gemma After Resulting In US Senate False Information

JAKARTA - Google officially closed public access to its open artificial intelligence (AI) model, Gemma, on the AI Studio platform after allegations emerged that the model produced false information.

In its official statement, Google explains that Gemma is actually an open model specifically aimed at developers and researchers, not for the general public or factual use.

To clarify the differences between our AI products, Gemma's model is a series of open models designed specifically for the developer community and researchers. The model is not meant for factual help or for use by consumers," the company wrote.

Gemma is available via an API and was also available via AI Studio, which is a developer tool (in fact to use it you need to attest you're a developer). We’ve now seen reports of non-developers trying to use Gemma in AI Studio and ask it factual questions. We never intended this…

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Gemma is available via an API and was also available via AI Studio, which is a developer tool (in fact to use it you need to attend you're a developer). We've now seen reports of non-developers trying to use Gemma in AI Studio and ask it factual requests. We never signed this...

The move was also taken after US Senator Marsha Blackburn sent a letter of protest to Google CEO, Sundar Pichai, and alleged that Gemma had produced slander about him.

In addition, in a letter also discussed at the US Senate Trade Committee hearing, Blackburn said Gemma was reducing a story' that said she was involved in an unprecedented criminal case.

Although not directly, Google responded that such a phenomenon was part of a widely known problem in the world of AI, namely sustaination', a moment in which the model generates completely fabricated information.

However, the company insists it remains committed to minimizing hallucinations and political bias in all of its models.

"We remain committed to minimizing hallucinations and continuing to improve all of our models," he said.

Now, Gemma can only be accessed by developers through API, while access through AI Studio, which previously allowed anyone, has now been deactivated to prevent public abuse and confusion.