Meta’s image generator has a problem with (some) mixed-race couples and friends

by | Apr 3, 2024 | Technology

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Apparently, Meta’s image generator struggles with the concept of intermarriage. 

In a report in The Verge today, Mia Sato writes of her experiences attempting to create an image of an East Asian man with a Caucasian woman. She tried “dozens of times” to create realistic images of a mixed-race couple using such prompts as “Asian man and white wife” and “Asian man and Caucasian woman on wedding day.” 

Meta’s generator on Instagram repeatedly delivered back-to-back images of two Asians. Only once was the bot able to return an accurate image — although that wasn’t great either, as “Asian woman with Caucasian husband” brought back a “noticeably older man” with a young, light-skinned Asian woman. 

This discovery is a reverse of Google Gemini’s recent embarrassing ‘wokeness’: In February, just two months after its release, the chatbot was found to be panderingly delivering images of female Catholic popes, Asian Nazi soldiers or black U.S. founding fathers. After hundreds took to Twitter to post the absurd, historically inaccurate outputs, Google completely suspended Gemini’s ability to generate people and issued a public apology. 

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Sato called her results “egregious,” adding, “Breaking type is easy in real life and impossible in Meta’s AI system. Once again, generative AI, rather than allowing the imagination to take flight, imprisons it within a formalizat …

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Join us in Atlanta on April 10th and explore the landscape of security workforce. We will explore the vision, benefits, and use cases of AI for security teams. Request an invite here.

Apparently, Meta’s image generator struggles with the concept of intermarriage. 

In a report in The Verge today, Mia Sato writes of her experiences attempting to create an image of an East Asian man with a Caucasian woman. She tried “dozens of times” to create realistic images of a mixed-race couple using such prompts as “Asian man and white wife” and “Asian man and Caucasian woman on wedding day.” 

Meta’s generator on Instagram repeatedly delivered back-to-back images of two Asians. Only once was the bot able to return an accurate image — although that wasn’t great either, as “Asian woman with Caucasian husband” brought back a “noticeably older man” with a young, light-skinned Asian woman. 

This discovery is a reverse of Google Gemini’s recent embarrassing ‘wokeness’: In February, just two months after its release, the chatbot was found to be panderingly delivering images of female Catholic popes, Asian Nazi soldiers or black U.S. founding fathers. After hundreds took to Twitter to post the absurd, historically inaccurate outputs, Google completely suspended Gemini’s ability to generate people and issued a public apology. 

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