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AI chatbots refuse to produce ‘controversial’ output − why that’s a free speech problem

  • Written by Jordi Calvet-Bademunt, Research Fellow and Visiting Scholar of Political Science, Vanderbilt University
AI chatbots refuse to produce ‘controversial’ output − why that’s a free speech problemAI chatbots restrict their output according to vague and broad policies.taviox/iStock via Getty Images

Google recently made headlines globally because its chatbot Gemini generated images of people of color instead of white people in historical settings that featured white people. Adobe Firefly’s image creation tool saw similar issues. This...

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