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}}[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]].
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'''[[wikipedia:Google Gemini|Google Gemini]]''' is a cloud-based [[large language model]] (artificial intelligence text generator) which includes image generation features, developed by American tech company [[Google]].
==Consumer impact summary==
==Consumer impact summary==
{{Placeholder box|Overview of concerns that arise from the conduct towards users of the product (if applicable):
{{Ph-C-CIS}}
* User Freedom
===User privacy===
* User Privacy
*Security violations, access users private information, like e-mail and calendar without permission.
* Business Model
* Market Control}}


* Accusation of exporting American moral code (eg. sexualization of nudity), woke sensibilities and cancel culture <!-- This is a larger problem that affects pretty much all US big tech companies and their content moderation policies. As such, I'm not sure this article is the right place to open this can of worms. Also, we'll need proper citations for this. -->
===User freedom===
 
*Since the release of this model, it has been integrated into the Google Search engine and enabled by default with no obvious way to disable it.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Peterson |first=Jake |date=16 Jul 2025 |title=Three Ways to Remove AI From Google |url=https://lifehacker.com/tech/a-few-ways-to-remove-ai-from-google-search |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250716125623/https://lifehacker.com/tech/a-few-ways-to-remove-ai-from-google-search |archive-date=16 Jul 2025 |access-date=16 Jul 2025 |website=LifeHacker}}</ref>
 
===Business model===
 
===Market control===


==Incidents==
==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]].
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'')===
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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.
=== Data tracking (''2025'')===
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===Inclusion of stricter usage limits (2026)===
On May 19th 2026, Google announced Gemini language models will now have stricter usage limits, involving periodic refreshes in order to use the models. Gemini app users received an e-mail, containing the following message:
{{quote| Usage limits in the Gemini app: For the Gemini app, we’re introducing compute-based usage limits that factor in the complexity of your prompt, the features you use, and the length of your chat. Your limit refreshes every 5 hours until you reach your weekly limit. As an AI Pro subscriber, you’ll enjoy a 4x higher usage limit than non-subscribers.that reset every 5 hours along with overall weekly limits.}}


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>
These usage limits are live since May 20th, 2026. They have a 5-hour refresh, along with an overall weekly refresh. Aspects like a bigger conversational context and the usage of more powerful Gemini models make to reach this limit faster. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Schoon |first=Ben |date=21 May 2026 |title=Gemini’s new usage limits are live, and users already seem frustrated about it |url=https://9to5google.com/2026/05/21/gemini-usage-limits-live-user-reactions/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260521152738/https://9to5google.com/2026/05/21/gemini-usage-limits-live-user-reactions/ |archive-date=2026-05-21|access-date=22 May 2026 |website=9toGoogle}}</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==
==See also==
{{Placeholder box|Link to relevant theme articles or products with similar incidents.}}
*[[ChatGPT]]
*[[Anthropic]]




==References==
==References==
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Google Gemini
Basic Information
Release Year 2023
Product Type Cloud-based Generative Neural Network Service
In Production Yes
Official Website https://gemini.google.com/

Google Gemini is a cloud-based large language model (artificial intelligence text generator) which includes image generation features, developed by American tech company Google.

Consumer impact summary

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Overview of concerns that arise from the conduct towards users of the product (if applicable):

  • User freedom
  • User privacy
  • Business model
  • Market control

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User privacy

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  • Security violations, access users private information, like e-mail and calendar without permission.

User freedom

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  • Since the release of this model, it has been integrated into the Google Search engine and enabled by default with no obvious way to disable it.[1]

Business model

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Market control

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Incidents

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This is a list of all consumer protection incidents related to this product. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the Google Gemini category.

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Data tracking (2025)

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Inclusion of stricter usage limits (2026)

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On May 19th 2026, Google announced Gemini language models will now have stricter usage limits, involving periodic refreshes in order to use the models. Gemini app users received an e-mail, containing the following message:

Usage limits in the Gemini app: For the Gemini app, we’re introducing compute-based usage limits that factor in the complexity of your prompt, the features you use, and the length of your chat. Your limit refreshes every 5 hours until you reach your weekly limit. As an AI Pro subscriber, you’ll enjoy a 4x higher usage limit than non-subscribers.that reset every 5 hours along with overall weekly limits.


These usage limits are live since May 20th, 2026. They have a 5-hour refresh, along with an overall weekly refresh. Aspects like a bigger conversational context and the usage of more powerful Gemini models make to reach this limit faster. [2]

See also

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References

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  1. Peterson, Jake (16 Jul 2025). "Three Ways to Remove AI From Google". LifeHacker. Archived from the original on 16 Jul 2025. Retrieved 16 Jul 2025.
  2. Schoon, Ben (21 May 2026). "Gemini's new usage limits are live, and users already seem frustrated about it". 9toGoogle. Archived from the original on 2026-05-21. Retrieved 22 May 2026.