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Google is restricting its Gemini AI chatbot from answering election-related questions in countries where voting is taking place this year, limiting users from receiving information about candidates, political parties and other elements of politics.
“Out of an abundance of caution on such an important topic, we have begun to roll out restrictions on the types of election-related queries for which Gemini will return responses,” Google’s India team stated on the company’s site.
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The company initially announced its plans for limiting election-related queries in a blog post last December, according to a Google spokesperson, and made a similar announcement regarding European parliamentary elections in February. Google’s post on Tuesday pertained to India’s upcoming election, while TechCrunch reported that Google confirmed it is rolling out the changes globally.