“Google’s latest update to its Gemini family of large language models appears to have broken the controls for configuring safety settings, breaking applications that require lowered guardrails, such as apps providing solace for sexual assault victims.”
Google silently pointed a pinned Gemini model name at a newer model. Apps that help sexual assault survivors write police reports started getting refusals with safety filters off. Counsellors hit errors in the middle of intake sessions. Google gave no explanation.