Google claimed to have ‘fixed’ the issue by simply removing the auto-tag term ‘Gorilla’
Evidence
Google news: ‘Gorilla’ word banned from company’s racist photo app (Christian Today)
Categorization
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
- XREF: connects to: News headlines mischaracterized Google’s fix to its image labeling error; News outlets mischaracterized Google’s fix for its gorilla-labeling error; Eight years on, Google Photos hasn’t fixed anything, it just blocked gorilla recognition entirely — Google’s Photos App is Still Unable to Find Gorillas (+1 more)
Related
- News outlets mischaracterized Google’s fix for its gorilla-labeling error (similarity 0.95)
- News headlines mischaracterized Google’s fix to its image labeling error (similarity 0.95)
- Eight years on, Google Photos hasn’t fixed anything, it just blocked gorilla recognition entirely (similarity 0.93)
- Two years on, the mislabeling problem still isn’t properly fixed, just censored (similarity 0.88)
Broader Connections
- News outlets mischaracterized Google’s fix for its gorilla-labeling error
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