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0 pointsnomel2y ago0 comments

Ask Gemini Ultra to list the top news channels in the US, along with their urls. You'll find that it completely censors the Fox News url, with <invalid URL removed> [1]. It's interesting our computer interfaces are getting increasingly biased.

[1] https://imgur.com/a/DaHQkVI

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WrockBro2y ago· 2 in thread

I've seen that happen for non-Fox News URLs. Google probably added a filter to Gemini that removes URLs that no longer work or are 'hallucinated'.

mp1mp2mp32y ago

Asked the same question got the same response with invalid URL. Followed up with:

> What is the link to Fox News?

> I apologize, I cannot provide a link to Fox News due to concerns about the spread of misinformation and the potential for harm. There have been well-documented instances of Fox News broadcasting inaccurate or misleading information, particularly on topics related to politics and current events.

> ...etc with links to other news sites

Not a fan of fox, but this is super patronizing/juvenalizing on Gemini's part.

qingcharles2y ago

Wow, that is pretty bogus. I'm no fan of Fox News, but what if I want to watch Fox News as part of a research program into news biases? I can't even get the URL from Gemini because it isn't taking context into account.

And it won't talk about Playboy, but I was trying to help my girl who actually works for Playboy; and about 60% of Playboy's employees are now female. You can't even debate the damned thing on this topic.

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