Google to pause Gemini AI model's image generation of people

Google said it will release an improved version of its AI model Gemini's image generation of people soon

Alphabet's Google said on February 22 that it is pausing AI model Gemini's image generation of people and will release an improved version soon.

"We're aware that Gemini is offering inaccuracies in some historical image generation depictions," Google had said on Wednesday.

Google started offering image generation through its Gemini AI models earlier this month, but over the past few days some users on social media had flagged that the model returns historical images which are sometimes inaccurate.

A day ago, Google said that some of the artificial intelligence tools that it offers to businesses will be powered by the company's "Gemini" AI models and available at a lower-priced plan as it looks to compete with Microsoft-backed OpenAI.

The Alphabet unit in August last year introduced "Duet AI in Workspace", a set of AI assistants that could write in Google Docs, draft emails in Gmail and generate custom visuals in Google Slides, among other capabilities, at a monthly price of $30 per user for companies.

"Duet AI in Workspace" is being rebranded to "Gemini for Google Workspace," and will now be available for $20 and $30 per user per month, based on available features, on top of a subscription to Google Workspace.