Google AI: “Yes, we are currently offering a product that can give users racist outputs about Latinos”
Summary
Google's AI confirmed that it can produce racist outputs about Latinos, responding to follow-up questions after an incident where it linked a Spanish-speaker English pattern with cavemen.
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