This drew criticism from X owner and xAI competitor Elon Musk who called Google's AI software "woke" and "racist."
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 22, 2024
Which path do you want for AI? pic.twitter.com/1OoujRZokn
Google said in a statement on X that they are working to address the issue.
"We're already working to address recent issues with Gemini’s image generation feature. While we do this, we’re going to pause the image generation of people and will re-release an improved version soon," said Google.