Google apologizes after photo software tags black people as ‘gorillas’

‘Google has apologized after its new Photos app classified two black friends as ‘gorillas’, placing their photos in a special album. The tech giant has since removed the tag from the program, saying it is “genuinely sorry” for the mistake.

The cringeworthy mishap began when New Yorker Jacky Alcine was going through his pictures. Noticing an album titled ‘Gorillas,’ he clicked on it. But when he opened it, he didn’t find any primates. Instead, he saw images of himself and a friend.

He immediately took to Twitter, telling the tech giant: “Google Photos, y’all f****d up. My friend’s not a gorilla.” He added that it was only photos with that particular friend that were ending up in the album. Alcine also asked the tech company: “What kind of sample image data you collected that would result in this son?”‘

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