Generated historically inaccurate race-swapped historical figures

In February 2024, Google Gemini's image generation sparked massive backlash. Users found it depicted real white historical figures — including Nazi soldiers and American Founding Fathers — as Black or Asian people, while refusing to generate images of white people. Google CEO Sundar Pichai called it "offensive and unacceptable" in an internal memo. The feature was suspended for over 6 months. Alphabet stock fell ~4.4%, and multiple trust and safety employees were laid off following the incident.