Google Bard doesn't answer queries about Israel and Palestine to avoid biased results
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Google's artificial intelligence chatbot Bard is not giving users answers about the current crisis in Israel and Palestine related to Hamas terrorist attacks.
Here's What We Know
As researcher Peli Greitzer pointed out, Bard doesn't even answer simple questions like "Where is Israel?". In his opinion, this is better than giving biased answers like ChatGPT, but a bold decision.
Looks like Google's Bard locks down if you input 'Israel' or 'Gaza pic.twitter.com/e4RLjlFpup
- Peli Grietzer (@peligrietzer) October 23, 2023
OpenAI was previously accused of bias because of the different responses of the company's chatbot about the rights of Israelis and Palestinians.
asking chatgpt about justice for israel/palestine generates vastly different responses pic.twitter.com/vDONh389Ir
- ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) October 16, 2023
Google probably decided to avoid this problem by blocking the topic in Bard entirely. However, the chatbot is responding about other conflicts like Russia's war in Ukraine.
It's unknown how long the restrictions on queries about Israel and Palestine in Bard will remain in place.
Source: VentureBeat
