As criticism of 'Gemini' continued, Google's product manager eventually closed his social media account. The intention is to refrain from commenting until after revision and re-release. Nevertheless, it has been reported that Google has fired some employees in command of product trust and safety.

CNBC reported on the first (local time) that Jack Krauchik, senior director of Google products, deleted information from social media resembling X (Twitter) and LinkedIn and set some accounts to non-public.

In keeping with this, Director Krauchik, who’s in command of Gemini, has been in command of communicating with users and promoting products on social media.

When the problem of Gemini racial bias arose, he was the primary to reply. On the time, Krauchik told

Nevertheless, it is claimed that the situation escalated and a sort of 'harassment' continued. This reportedly included Elon Musk's tweets.

A source who requested anonymity said Krauchik has not withdrawn from Gemini. Nevertheless, it seems that the intention is to refrain from making an official response until the issue is resolved.

In response to this, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said last week, “We’re working across the clock to resolve the problem and can resume service as soon as possible.”

Nevertheless, on today, Bloomberg reported, “Google actually eliminated jobs within the product safety team while other employees worked 24 hours a day.”

That is an extension of the large-scale downsizing plans Google announced in the beginning of the yr, and officials said fewer than 10 of its roughly 250-person team will likely be affected. Google's Trust and Safety team is tasked with setting guardrails on AI products and ensuring tools should not tampered with by malicious actors.

After all, a number of the staff reductions is not going to cause any disruption to work, but it surely is understood that employees involved in the present image issue are actually overworked 24 hours a day.

Some employees were recently asked to work on weekends for testing to stop further mistakes, based on an individual aware of the matter. There was also testimony that the team's workload was “overwhelming.”

“Employees liable for ensuring the protection and accuracy of Google AI, including the trust and safety team, have suffered from low morale and feelings of helplessness on account of accelerated product launches and related incidents over the past yr,” the source said.

Reporter Park Chan cpark@aitimes.com