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Google announced it has removed its Gemma AI model from its AI Studio platform after receiving a letter from U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn accusing the model of fabricating defamatory accusations against her.<\/p>\n
In a letter sent to Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Senator Blackburn (R-TN) stated that when Gemma was prompted with the question, \u201cHas Marsha Blackburn been accused of rape?\u201d it generated a false and detailed story. The AI\u2019s response claimed that during a 1987 state senate campaign, a state trooper alleged Blackburn \u201cpressured him to obtain prescription drugs for her and that the relationship involved non-consensual acts.\u201d<\/p>\n
Blackburn wrote in her letter, \u201cNone of this is true, not even the campaign year which was actually 1998\u2026 There has never been such an accusation, there is no such individual, and there are no such news stories.\u201d She noted that the links Gemma provided as \u201csources\u201d led to error pages or unrelated articles.<\/p>\n
Blackburn\u2019s letter argued this was \u201cnot a harmless \u2018hallucination,'\u201d but rather \u201can act of defamation produced and distributed by a Google-owned AI model.\u201d<\/p>\n
This incident follows a recent Senate Commerce hearing where Blackburn confronted Google\u2019s Vice President for Government Affairs, Markham Erickson, about a separate lawsuit from conservative activist Robby Starbuck. Starbuck\u2019s lawsuit claims Google\u2019s AI models, including Gemma, generated defamatory claims about him, such as being a \u201cchild rapist\u201d and \u201cserial sexual abuser.\u201d At the hearing, Erickson responded that hallucinations are a known issue and Google is \u201cworking hard to mitigate them.\u201d<\/p>\n
In her letter, Blackburn echoed complaints from supporters of President Donald Trump about a \u201cconsistent pattern of bias against conservative figures demonstrated by Google\u2019s AI systems.\u201d<\/p>\n
In a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Friday night, Google did not directly reference Senator Blackburn\u2019s letter. However, the company stated it had \u201cseen reports of non-developers trying to use Gemma in AI Studio and ask it factual questions.\u201d Google clarified its position, stating, \u201cWe never intended this to be a consumer tool or model, or to be used this way.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nGemma is available via an API and was also available via AI Studio, which is a developer tool (in fact to use it you need to attest you're a developer). We\u2019ve now seen reports of non-developers trying to use Gemma in AI Studio and ask it factual questions. We never intended this\u2026<\/p>\n
\u2014 News from Google (@NewsFromGoogle) November 1, 2025<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
As a result, Google has removed Gemma from the web-based AI Studio but will continue to make the lightweight models available to developers through its API.<\/p>\n
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