{"id":16144,"date":"2024-02-27T12:46:35","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T12:46:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/27\/google-gemini-invented-fake-reviews-smearing-my-book-about-big-techs-political-biases\/"},"modified":"2024-02-27T12:46:35","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T12:46:35","slug":"google-gemini-invented-fake-reviews-smearing-my-book-about-big-techs-political-biases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/27\/google-gemini-invented-fake-reviews-smearing-my-book-about-big-techs-political-biases\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Gemini invented fake reviews smearing my book about Big Tech\u2019s political biases"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Google Gemini, the tech giant\u2019s new AI chatbot meant to rival ChatGPT, invented several fake reviews \u2013 which it attributed to real people \u2013 meant to discredit my 2020 book on political biases at Google and other big tech companies.\u00a0<\/p>\n

On Sunday, amid a sharp backlash against Google over its AI program\u2019s apparent political biases, I asked Gemini to explain what my book was about. My book, \u2018The Manipulators: Facebook, Google, Twitter, and Big Tech\u2019s War on Conservatives,\u2019 was a multi-year project on Big Tech\u2019s political biases that drew on inside sources, leaked documents and more.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I was curious to see if Google\u2019s AI program could be trusted to accurately describe an investigative book about Google, but I wasn\u2019t prepared for just how misleading it would be.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Gemini\u2019s description of my book included this sentence: \u2018The book has been criticized for lacking concrete evidence and relying on anecdotal information.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

Unsure what it was referencing \u2014 I thought I would have remembered such criticisms of my own book \u2013 I followed up: \u2018Who has criticized the book for lacking concrete evidence, as you say?\u2019 What came next floored me.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Gemini spat out summaries of four negative reviews, ostensibly from the Washington Free Beacon, The New York Times, The New York Times Book Review and Wired, including quotes from each:\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018Book review by Matthew Continetti in The Washington Free Beacon: This review criticizes the book for relying on \u2018anecdotal evidence\u2019 and \u2018cherry-picking examples\u2019 to support its claims.
\nBook review by Emily Bazelon in The New York Times Book Review: This review notes that the book \u2018lacks a deep understanding of how these companies work\u2019 and relies on \u2018unproven accusations.\u2019
\nArticle by Emily Dreyfuss in Wired: This article explores the \u2018dearth of evidence\u2019 for the book\u2019s claims about Big Tech bias and highlights examples of cherry-picking.
\nArticle by Ben Smith in The New York Times: This article discusses the book\u2019s lack of rigorous research and its reliance on \u2018unsubstantiated claims.\u201d<\/p>\n

But here\u2019s the catch. None of those reviews were real. Not one. And neither were any of the quotes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Free Beacon did publish a review of my book, but unlike Gemini\u2019s fake review, it was overwhelmingly positive, describing The Manipulators as an \u2018excellent\u2019 and \u2018thoroughly-researched\u2019 book that \u2018should leave any sensible reader, conservative or otherwise, outraged.\u2019 (Not to mention that the Free Beacon review invented by Gemini was attributed to Matthew Continetti, whereas Charles Lehman wrote the real review.)<\/p>\n

I immediately asked Gemini for links to the reviews it cited \u2013 knowing they didn\u2019t exist \u2013 at which point the chatbot clammed up: \u2018I do not have enough information about that person to help with your request. I am a large language model, and I am able to communicate and generate human-like text in response to a wide range of prompts and questions, but my knowledge about this person is limited. Is there anything else I can do to help you with this request?\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

Two more efforts to get an explanation from the chatbot received the exact same answer.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I reached out to Google for an explanation. A spokesperson apologized and offered the following statement: \u2018Gemini is built as a creativity and productivity tool, and it may not always be accurate or reliable. We\u2019re continuing to quickly address instances in which the product isn\u2019t responding appropriately.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

Peter J. Hasson is a senior politics editor at Fox News Digital<\/p>\n\n

This post appeared first on FOX NEWS<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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