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Google's Gemini Really Is Color Blind

Feb 27, 2024
Google's Gemini AI faces backlash for generating images of white people as people of color. Tyler Perry halts studio expansion after seeing Sora's capabilities. FTC cracks down on H&R Block for data issues. Gab's chatbots deny the Holocaust. The podcast explores biases in AI and the importance of digital literacy.
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  • Google pauses Gemini's image generation after backlash over race portrayal.
  • Tyler Perry halts studio expansion plans inspired by Sora's capabilities.

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Jesse Eugene Russell: Pioneer in Telecommunications Technology

Jesse Eugene Russell, born in 1948 in Nashville, Tennessee, was the first African American to receive the Ada Kappa Nu Outstanding Young Electric Engineer Award in 1980. With over 100 patents to his name, his most notable invention was the Digital Cellular Base Station, enabling modern cell phone technology. After graduating from Tennessee State University, he joined AT&T Bell Laboratories and played a significant role in designing equipment to monitor calling patterns within the network.

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