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Google’s Gemini AI image generator hit a major snag after users noticed it hilariously—and inaccurately—blending historical figures with modern fashion and settings, prompting the company to temporarily halt human image generation. From 18th-century noblemen in designer suits to medieval knights wielding smartphones, the AI’s wild missteps sparked widespread backlash and raised serious questions about its training data and historical awareness. Now Google is racing to fix the model by retraining it to respect historical context, reminding us that even cutting-edge AI needs careful oversight to avoid distorting the past—or worse, inventing it.

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