Google is ‘deeply sorry’ for push notification that included a racial slur.
The notification was related to an incident at the BAFTAs on Sunday, as Variety reports. “We’ve removed the offensive notification,” Google spokesperson Brianna Duff said in a statement to The Verge, adding that the error didn’t involve AI, but rather that push notification systems intended to “accurately characterize” content from the web “accidentally” included the slur.
TL;DR
- Google removed an offensive push notification containing a racial slur.
- The incident was related to an event at the BAFTAs.
- A Google spokesperson clarified that the error was not due to AI.
- The slur was accidentally included by push notification systems meant to characterize web content.
- Google has apologized for the mistake.