Google's Gemini AI Promo Video 'DearSydney' Gets Slammed and Pulled

TapTechNews August 3rd, Google launched a promotional video named DearSydney during the Olympic Games to promote its own Gemini AI service. However, it received widespread negative reviews after being released and has now been taken down.

Video Plot

The protagonist of the video is a young female athlete whose idol is the American track and field star Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, and the narrator is her father.

She wants to write a letter to Sydney, and then her father uses Gemini to write a letter. The father said in the narration, She wants to express her admiration to Sydney, with full emotions, but it must be just right.

So the father gave the prompt to Gemini: Help my daughter write a letter and tell Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone how inspiring she is, and be sure to mention that my daughter plans to... break her world record one day.

Widely Criticized

After this advertisement was launched, it was attacked by many netizens. Some people think that this advertisement encourages the bad trend of over-reliance on generative AI tools and deprives children of learning opportunities.

TapTechNews checked relevant information and Google has currently removed this advertisement from the Olympic Games broadcast.