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Google Gemini

2025-07-02T18:27:26Z

2A02:810D:548D:E500:588B:6961:E7AF:AC61: Added another source, and a stub for consumer impact

{{InfoboxProductLine
| Title = {{PAGENAME}}
| Release Year =2023
| Product Type =Cloud-based Generative Neural Network Service
| In Production =
| Official Website =https://gemini.google.com/
| Logo =QuestionMark.svg
}}[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Gemini Google Gemini] is a cloud-based Large Language Model (AI text generator) which includes image generation features, developed by American search and advertising giant [[Google]]/[[Alphabet]].
==Consumer impact summary==
{{Placeholder box|Overview of concerns that arise from the conduct towards users of the product (if applicable):
* User Freedom
* User Privacy
* Business Model
* Market Control}}

* Accusation of exporting American moral code (eg. sexualization of nudity), woke sensibilities and cancel culture 

==Incidents==
This is a list of all consumer protection incidents related to this product. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{PAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]].
===Over-eager political correctness filter (''February 2024'')===
Several news outlets reported that when prompted to generate images of German WW II soldiers, Gemini not only generated images of soldiers of male central European types, but various ethnicities and genders that were historically inaccurate, such as male black and female Asian soldiers.

Gemini also refused to generate pictures of white couples when instructed to do so, but had not issues creating images of black or Asian couples.

It is suspected that this is due to misguided efforts by Google to compensate for ethnical biases in the training data set, to cater to a "woke" zeitgeist and to support cancel culture by using a so-called ''initial prompt,'' a hidden fixed text that is prepended to the user's prompt, to always instruct the neural network to always generate pictures of all genders and ethnicities.

Google reacted by displaying a message that it is working on improving the depiction of people and would notify users when the feature returns.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Grant |first=Nico |date=2024-02-22 |title=Google Chatbot’s A.I. Images Put People of Color in Nazi-Era Uniforms |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/22/technology/google-gemini-german-uniforms.html |archive-url=https://archive.ph/Pkbez |archive-date=2025-07-02 |access-date=2025-07-02 |website=The New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kleinman |first=Zoe |date=2024-02-28 |title=Why Google's 'woke' AI problem won't be an easy fix |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-68412620 |url-status=live |access-date=2025-07-02 |website=BBC}}</ref>

Incidents affecting all of the product line/company's products can be found in the product line/company article: [[Product line title]]/[[Company article title]]
==See also==
{{Placeholder box|Link to relevant theme articles or products with similar incidents.}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]

List of Google products

2025-07-02T18:19:46Z

2A02:810D:548D:E500:588B:6961:E7AF:AC61: /* AI and Research: */ Gemini: Link to the new page on this wiki instead of the generic Wikipedia page (consistent with other links on this page, eg. Chrome)

The following is an inexhaustive list of products, services and software provided by [[Google]], The list includes products that have been announced, are in production or discontinued.

===Search and Information:===

*[[wikipedia:Google_Arts_&_Culture|Google Arts & Culture]]
*[[wikipedia:Google_Books|Google Books]]
*[[wikipedia:Google_Earth|Google Earth]]
*[[wikipedia:Google_Flights|Google Flights]]
*[[Google Hotels]]
*[[wikipedia:Google_Images|Google Images]]
*[[wikipedia:Google_Maps|Google Maps]]
*[[wikipedia:Google_News|Google News]]
*[[wikipedia:Google_Scholar|Google Scholar]]
*[[wikipedia:Google_Search|Google Search]]

===Communication and Collaboration:===

*[[wikipedia:Gmail|Gmail]]
*[[wikipedia:Google_Calendar|Google Calendar]]
*[[wikipedia:Google_Chat|Google Chat]]
*[[wikipedia:Google_Docs|Google Docs]]
*[[wikipedia:Google_Drive|Google Drive]]
*[[wikipedia:Google_Forms|Google Forms]]
*[[wikipedia:Google_Groups|Google Groups]]
*[[wikipedia:Google_Meet|Google Meet]]
*[[wikipedia:Google_Sheets|Google Sheets]]
*[[wikipedia:Google_Sites|Google Sites]]
*[[wikipedia:Google_Slides|Google Slides]]

===Entertainment:===

*[[wikipedia:Google_Play|Google Play]]
*[[wikipedia:Google_Play_Books|Google Play Books]]
*[[wikipedia:Google_Play_Games|Google Play Games]]
*[[wikipedia:Google_Play_Music|Google Play Music]] ''(discontinued)''
*[[wikipedia:Google_TV_(service)|Google TV]]
*[[wikipedia:Google_Stadia|Stadia]] ''(discontinued)''
*[[YouTube]]
*[[wikipedia:YouTube_Kids|Youtube Kids]]
*[[wikipedia:YouTube_Music|YouTube Music]]
*[[wikipedia:YouTube_TV|YouTube TV]]

===Operating Systems and Devices:===

*[[Android]]
*[https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_Automotive Android Auto]
*[https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_Automotive Android TV]
*[[wikipedia:Chromecast|Chromecast]] ''(discontinued)''
*[[wikipedia:ChromeOS|ChromeOS]]
*[[wikipedia:Fitbit|Fitbit Products]]
*[[wikipedia:Google_Nest|Google Nest Products]] (speakers, displays, thermostats, cameras)
*[[wikipedia:Google_Nexus|Google Nexus Smartphones]] ''(discontinued)''
*[[Google Pixel|Google Pixel Products]] (earbuds, laptops, smartphones, smartwatches, tablets)
*[[Google Chromebook]] (laptop)
*[[Google TV Streamer]]
*[https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Wear_OS Wear OS]

===Advertising and Business:===

*[[wikipedia:Google_Ads|Google Ads]]
*[[wikipedia:Google_AdSense|Google AdSense]]
*[[wikipedia:Google_Analytics|Google Analytics]]
*[[Google Business Profile]] (formerly Google My Business)
*[[wikipedia:Google_Cloud_Platform|Google Cloud Platform]]
*[[wikipedia:Google_Workspace|Google Workspace]] (includes Gmail, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Meet, etc.)
*[[reCAPTCHA]]

====AI and Research:====

*[[Google Gemini|Gemini]]
*[[wikipedia:Google_AI|Google AI]]
*[[wikipedia:TensorFlow|TensorFlow]]

===Other Services and Products:===

*[[Google Chrome]]
*[[wikipedia:Google_Domains|Google Domains]]
*[[wikipedia:Google_Fi_Wireless|Google Fi Wireless]]
*[[wikipedia:Google_Fonts|Google Fonts]]
*[[wikipedia:Google_One|Google One]]
*[[wikipedia:Google_Pay_(payment_method)|Google Pay]]
*[[wikipedia:Google_Photos|Google Photos]]
*[[wikipedia:Google_Translate|Google Translate]]
*[[wikipedia:Google_Wallet|Google Wallet]]
[[Category:Google]]
[[Category:Lists]]

Google Gemini

2025-07-02T18:12:20Z

2A02:810D:548D:E500:588B:6961:E7AF:AC61: Delete template box for main description

{{InfoboxProductLine
| Title = {{PAGENAME}}
| Release Year =2023
| Product Type =Cloud-based Generative Neural Network Service
| In Production =
| Official Website =https://gemini.google.com/
| Logo =QuestionMark.svg
}}[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Gemini Google Gemini] is a cloud-based Large Language Model (AI text generator) by American search and advertising giant [[Google]]/[[Alphabet]].
==Consumer impact summary==
{{Placeholder box|Overview of concerns that arise from the conduct towards users of the product (if applicable):
* User Freedom
* User Privacy
* Business Model
* Market Control}}

==Incidents==
This is a list of all consumer protection incidents related to this product. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{PAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]].
===Over-eager political correctness filter (''February 2024'')===
Several news outlets reported that when prompted to generate images of German WW II soldiers, Gemini not only generated images of soldiers of male central European types, but various ethnicities and genders that were historically inaccurate, such as male black and female Asian soldiers.

Gemini also refused to generate pictures of white couples when instructed to do so, but had not issues creating images of black or Asian couples.

It is suspected that this is due to misguided efforts by Google to compensate for ethnical biases in the training data set, to cater to a "woke" zeitgeist and to support cancel culture by using a so-called ''initial prompt,'' a hidden fixed text that is prepended to the user's prompt, to always instruct the neural network to always generate pictures of all genders and ethnicities.

Google reacted by displaying a message that it is working on improving the depiction of people and would notify users when the feature returns.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Grant |first=Nico |date=2024-02-22 |title=Google Chatbot’s A.I. Images Put People of Color in Nazi-Era Uniforms |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/22/technology/google-gemini-german-uniforms.html |archive-url=https://archive.ph/Pkbez |archive-date=2025-07-02 |access-date=2025-07-02 |website=The New York Times}}</ref>

Incidents affecting all of the product line/company's products can be found in the product line/company article: [[Product line title]]/[[Company article title]]
==See also==
{{Placeholder box|Link to relevant theme articles or products with similar incidents.}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]

Google Gemini

2025-07-02T18:10:36Z

2A02:810D:548D:E500:588B:6961:E7AF:AC61: Initial version, describing exaggerated political correctness

{{InfoboxProductLine
| Title = {{PAGENAME}}
| Release Year =2023
| Product Type =Cloud-based Generative Neural Network Service
| In Production =
| Official Website =https://gemini.google.com/
| Logo =QuestionMark.svg
}}[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Gemini Google Gemini] is a cloud-based Large Language Model (AI text generator) by American search and advertising giant [[Google]]/[[Alphabet]].{{Placeholder box|Add a 2-3 sentence introduction starting with "'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a ...<ref name":0">ref goes here</ref>". When writing the article, insert text in the space below this box, and then delete this tip box (and the other tip boxes below). In the visual editor, just click on a box and press backspace to delete it. In the source editor, simply delete the double curly brackets, and the text inside them.}}

==Consumer impact summary==
{{Placeholder box|Overview of concerns that arise from the conduct towards users of the product (if applicable):
* User Freedom
* User Privacy
* Business Model
* Market Control}}

==Incidents==
This is a list of all consumer protection incidents related to this product. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{PAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]].
===Over-eager political correctness filter (''February 2024'')===
Several news outlets reported that when prompted to generate images of German WW II soldiers, Gemini not only generated images of soldiers of male central European types, but various ethnicities and genders that were historically inaccurate, such as male black and female Asian soldiers.

Gemini also refused to generate pictures of white couples when instructed to do so, but had not issues creating images of black or Asian couples.

It is suspected that this is due to misguided efforts by Google to compensate for ethnical biases in the training data set, to cater to a "woke" zeitgeist and to support cancel culture by using a so-called ''initial prompt,'' a hidden fixed text that is prepended to the user's prompt, to always instruct the neural network to always generate pictures of all genders and ethnicities.

Google reacted by displaying a message that it is working on improving the depiction of people and would notify users when the feature returns.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Grant |first=Nico |date=2024-02-22 |title=Google Chatbot’s A.I. Images Put People of Color in Nazi-Era Uniforms |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/22/technology/google-gemini-german-uniforms.html |archive-url=https://archive.ph/Pkbez |archive-date=2025-07-02 |access-date=2025-07-02 |website=The New York Times}}</ref>

Incidents affecting all of the product line/company's products can be found in the product line/company article: [[Product line title]]/[[Company article title]]
==See also==
{{Placeholder box|Link to relevant theme articles or products with similar incidents.}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]

Other Channels - Video Directory

2025-07-02T13:15:58Z

2A02:810D:548D:E500:588B:6961:E7AF:AC61: /* 2025 */ Added Linus Tech Tips video about air purifier company attacking review website by illegitimate means

This page includes tables with videos from YouTube channels other than Louis Rossman's that are relevant to consumer protection.

The tables are split into yearly sections for easier parsing of information and grouping of events. Please sort videos in reverse chronological order.

By clicking the video title there are also [[AI Summaries & Transcriptions]] of each video for easier sorting and gauging interest in a topic. (WIP)

If a video seems of particular importance to you, you are welcome to author an article based on the contents of the video and the events that took place. Before working on an article you should [[Mission statement#What makes something appropriate to record within the Wiki?|make sure it is appropriate to record in this wiki]], keep your writing style within the [[Mission statement#Editorial guidelines|editorial guidelines set for content]], and, more generally, ensure that your article aligns with our [[Mission statement]].

=Videos to convert to articles=

==2025==

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!Channel
! scope="col" |Video Title
! scope="" col" |Featured Company/Brand
! scope="col" class="unsortable" |Wiki Article URL
! scope="col" class="unsortable" |Youtube URL
! scope="col" |Upload Date
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/@GNCAInvestigates GNCA - GamersNexus Consumer Advocacy]
|Unhinged Rant About YouTube Getting Worse
|[[YouTube]]
|
|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmmf2x2muyA
|2025-07-02
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/@GNCAInvestigates GNCA - GamersNexus Consumer Advocacy]
|<nowiki>You’ll Own Nothing | Stop Killing Games, ft. Ross of Accursed Farms</nowiki>
|[[Stop Killing Games]]
|[[Right to own]]
|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9ahH6HrtTc
|2025-06-27
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/@LinusTechTips Linus Tech Tips]
|Companies are Suing Honest Reviewers and it’s Going to Get UGLY.
|[[PuroAir]]
[[Levoit]]
also explains how online listicle pages operate
|
|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNonfByE9xc
|2025-06-25
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/@GNCAInvestigates GNCA - GamersNexus Consumer Advocacy]
|<nowiki>This Is A Dumpster Fire | Tariffs Impact Investigation, Pt. 2</nowiki>
|
|
|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_RT2qsAUxo
|2025-06-19
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/@GNCAInvestigates GNCA - GamersNexus Consumer Advocacy]
|<nowiki>$120 Billion Bank Subpoenas GamersNexus | PayPal Honey Lawsuit Update, ft. Capital One</nowiki>
|[[PayPal Honey]]
|[[Honey browser plugin controversy]]
|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idIWS-mHKQk
|2025-06-16
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/@GamersNexus Gamers Nexus]
|NVIDIA's Dirty Manipulation of Reviews
|[[Nvidia]]
|
|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiekGcwaIho
|2025-05-19
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/@GNCAInvestigates GNCA - GamersNexus Consumer Advocacy]
|Second-Hand Scams on Amazon
|[[Amazon]]
|
|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYMdWqIPRWI
|2025-02-22
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/@CriminOllyBlog CriminOlly]
|Amazon are changing the way you own your Kindle books - you have 10 days to react
|[[Amazon Kindle]]
|[[Amazon Kindle removes download feature of purchased books]]
|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMoCzeGnIss
|2025-02-16
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/@garycevrepairs Gary C EV Repairs]
|How to get out of the EV battery lease? SCAM?? Renault Zoe end the battery lease? - PART 1
|[[Renault]]
|[[Renault UK End EV Battery Lease Agreement]]
|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cJ-alAFwAc
|2025-01-17
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/@GamersNexus Gamers Nexus]
|Investigation: GamersNexus Files New Lawsuit Against PayPal & Honey
|[[PayPal Honey]]
|[[Honey browser plugin controversy|Honey browser plugin controversy]]
|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKbFBgNuEOU
|2025-01-14
|}
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==2024==

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|+ style="white-space:nowrap; border:1px solid; padding:5px;" |Videos that need a wiki article - 2024
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!Channel
! scope="col" |Video Title
! scope="" col" |Featured Company/Brand
! scope="col" class="unsortable" |Wiki Article URL
! scope="col" class="unsortable" |Youtube URL
! scope="col" |Upload Date
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/@GamersNexus Gamers Nexus]
|NZXT Says We're "Confused"
|[[NZXT]]
|[[NZXT's Response To Gamers Nexus' Investigation]]
|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAANNGvMANM&t=0s
|2024-12-06
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/@KianBrose Kian Brose]
|Suing Minecraft Because They Broke The Law & Pissed Me Off
|[[Mojang]]
|
|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5RvoPQZQeM
|2024-12-03
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/@GamersNexus Gamers Nexus]
|<nowiki>Do Not Buy NZXT | Predatory, Evil Rental Computer Scam Investigated</nowiki>
|[[NZXT]]
|[[Gamers Nexus Investigates NZXT's "Flex" Computer Rental Program]]
|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pomC1CfpC0
|2024-11-30
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/@GamersNexus Gamers Nexus]
|Confronting ASUS Face-to-Face
|[[Asus]]
|
|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0ZoCYXmF0Q
|2024-06-14
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/@GamersNexus Gamers Nexus]
|ASUS Already On Government's Radar for Warranty Issues
|[[Asus]]
|
|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYdtpU8FKO8
|2024-05-30
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/@GamersNexus Gamers Nexus]
|ASUS Says We're "Confused"
|[[Asus]]
|
|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3DwhTc7Z4o
|2024-05-18
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/@GamersNexus Gamers Nexus]
|ASUS Scammed Us
|[[Asus]]
|[[Asus voids warranty of devices sent for repair over minor damages and performs unrelated repairs]]
|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pMrssIrKcY
|2024-05-10
|}
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==2023==

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! scope="col" class="unsortable" |Youtube URL
! scope="col" |Upload Date
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|[https://www.youtube.com/@GamersNexus Gamers Nexus]
|'''Scumbag Asus: Overvolting CPUs & Screwing the Customer'''
|[[Asus]]
|
|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbGfc-JBxlY&t=49s
|2023-05-11
|-
|[https://youtube.com/channel/UChwnFBBtasi2kn2TDK5OsWg Buy It Fix It]
|Cricut remotely deactivating/bricking serial number of devices making repair and purchasing 2nd hand impossible
|[[Cricut]]
|[[Cricut Replacement Warranty Policy]]
|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mKlYF1TCKs
|2023-04-02
|}

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