The politics of artificial intelligence alignment: Public reactions to AI moderation in the case of Google’s Gemini
Published online on June 02, 2026
Abstract
New Media & Society, Ahead of Print.
This study tests how a prominent artificial intelligence (AI) product failure influences public attitudes, focusing on Google Gemini’s generation of controversial images. Drawing on the AI alignment literature, we distinguish three moderation goals that ...
This study tests how a prominent artificial intelligence (AI) product failure influences public attitudes, focusing on Google Gemini’s generation of controversial images. Drawing on the AI alignment literature, we distinguish three moderation goals that ...