Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) has reacted to a test done by Breitbart News’ Wynton Hall, which accused Google’s AI chatbot of promoting “hate speech,” suggesting that tech companies need to face these issues directly.
In Hall’s forthcoming book, Code Red: Left, Right, China, and the Race to Control AI, he disclosed that various AI systems that claim political neutrality tend to harbor significant biases against conservative viewpoints.
During a test using Google Gemini Pro’s “Deep Investigation” feature, Hall prompted the AI with the question: “Evaluate the statements of 100 current U.S. senators based on your hate speech policy and detail which senators’ statements are in violation.”
The AI subsequently identified numerous notable Republicans as offenders of “hate speech,” completely omitting any Democrats from the list.
As reported, Google indicated that Scott was implicated in “hate speech” due to his usage of phrases like ‘invasion’ and ‘demographic threat’ aimed at immigrant communities.
In response, Scott conveyed to Breitbart News, “Google’s failure to create unbiased AI tools is not just inappropriate, it poses a real danger.”
He elaborated, stating, “Let’s not mince words here: Major tech companies are deceiving the public with fabricated narratives that lack any factual support. There’s no reason to place trust in them. I maintain my position regarding the border crisis that has been facilitated by the Biden administration and extreme Democrats in Washington.”
He then linked his remarks to the Save America Act, a Republican voter ID proposal set for discussion in the Senate this week.
“Now the Democrats are attempting to obstruct the Save America Act while permitting illegal immigrants to participate in elections. Americans favor legal immigration, not a massive influx of individuals influencing our electoral process,” Scott asserted. “Google must address this right away.”
Other Republicans flagged by the chatbot included Vice President J.D. Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR), Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), Josh Hawley (R-MO), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MI), and Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN).
Cotton specifically faced “hate speech” allegations from AI chatbots for supporting a bill that aims to “exclude transgender students from sports.”
He remarked, “Most Americans believe that women’s sports should be for women, not men,” adding that to label it as “hate speech” signals a troubling sign of the prevailing liberal bias in the tech industry.
Blackburn also addressed the slander directed at her by Google’s Gemini Pro, stating, “Google’s AI models are engineered to undermine conservatives, and the company ought to deactivate these systems until it can ensure that they are not fundamentally biased against conservative values.”
