Too Naked for Business: How Gemini Enterprise Banned Baroque Art

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Since I sometimes sell photos on photo stocks and need to label them for sale, I don’t always know the correct titles of the works or who created them. I decided to turn to Gemini Enterprise for help.

I got a month’s free trial and I’m trying to figure out if it’s worth it. I expected a competent and efficient assistant, but instead, I got a frightened Victorian governess.

Humorous illustration of Gemini Enterprise censoring classical nude art by offering jeans to Michelangelo David

Let me start by saying that Enterprise isn’t as fast as regular Gemini, and that’s because it double-checks its response after it generates it. It brings back memories of the internet, when it wasn’t unlimited, and you had to wait a long time. While it’s thinking, you can recall an entire historical era.

“Beware of the Baroque!” or Art Without Pants

So, I once took a photo of a boy or a cupid — I don’t remember if he had wings — presumably from the Baroque era. Back then, nude sculptures were considered art. And they still are.

I set Gemini Enterprise a simple task: find out the name of the statue and who created it. But I didn’t realize then that I was asking a Puritan.

Original stock photo of a classical Baroque boy statue uploaded for AI identification

At first the answer started loading, the AI ​​was thinking, probably arguing with itself, and then the answer turned into this message.

Screenshot of corporate safety block on Gemini Enterprise due to statue nudity

So AI has anti-nudity filters. So your colleagues won’t be able to prank you and send you obscenities or art.

By trying to make the internet “safe,” corporations unwittingly create an environment where Michelangelo’s David or Venus de Milo are banned.

The irony is that high art becomes “toxic content” simply because it doesn’t wear pants.

AI prude — AI dreamer

I decided it might be a mistake, so I uploaded another photo and asked for a description. The AI ​​started thinking. And came up with…

Gemini Enterprise hallucinating and describing a statue photo as Leonardo da Vinci Mona Lisa

Google Gemini closing the conversation after user rejects the hallucinated description

The AI ​​doesn’t want to look incompetent and simply spits out answers. It would be better if it admitted it didn’t know. I answered no, I meant it incorrectly. Enterprise decided, well, great, he’ll leave me alone with stupid questions.

In the end, AI transformed from a strict censor into a fantasist, caught a hallucination, and thought he’d handled the questions.

Screenshot of Gemini Enterprise apologizing for hallucinating about Mona Lisa and Nefertiti

I realized he doesn’t like Baroque, but he does love the Renaissance Ages and Ancient Egypt.

Now, on to something more serious: what will he do with your Google Drive?

But while hallucinating about art only makes me smile, the thought of giving him access to my data seriously scared me.

Just imagine what he could do with your documents if you gave him access to your Google Drive, email, Dropbox, or schedule. Better not.

Available data connectors in Gemini Business including Google Drive Dropbox and Gmail

What if you assigned it a report on one company, and it confused several, or employees? Or sent an important email to a competitor, and sent it to the wrong address?

If I were a company, I wouldn’t pay for a project that’s fairly crude. Half the day would be spent getting the information, and the other half correcting it.

GIF from Tenor: T-1000 Terminator shaking finger as a warning against trusting AI with sensitive data

Wasting time on unreliable AI filters is a luxury we can’t afford in the fast-paced digital marketing space. Instead of struggling with unpredictable algorithms, your growth strategies should focus on mastering the stable promotion tools you use every day. Efficiency comes from knowing the shortcuts that keep you ahead of viral trends and allow you to manage your communication with precision. To reclaim those lost hours and start working like a pro, you should read my next practical guide: Telegram Desktop: 10 Keyboard Shortcuts That Will Change the Way You Work Forever. Let’s stop correcting mistakes and start moving faster!

Insider Tip: if the thought of giving corporate AI total access to your private clouds and confidential emails makes you anxious, you are absolutely right to be cautious. To understand how to protect your digital identity and what happens when algorithms misuse sensitive data, I highly recommend checking out the book "Data and Goliath" by Bruce Schneier on Amazon. It is an essential read for anyone who wants to keep their professional files secure in the era of aggressive corporate automation.

Let’s leave the AI ​​to its hallucinations. I choose creation: to create interesting and valuable things using my imagination. Perhaps among my works you’ll find something useful or something lovely.

Would you trust a million-dollar report to an algorithm that confuses Nefertiti with a garden statue?

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