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- Google pulled an ad suggesting a young fan use Gemini AI to write to their Olympic idol.
- Google yanked the ad off of the airwaves after critics called it "horrifying."
- The misfire came after criticism of an Apple ad suggesting an iPad can replace all human creativity.
Some Big Tech companies have recently made some questionable advertising choices.
Google faced backlash after it recently released an ad about a young athlete who idolizes American hurdler Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone. The ad suggests the young girl should use Gemini AI, Google's chatbot, to write to her idol instead of just speaking from the heart.