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Senator Rick Scott of Florida, a Republican, has voiced his concerns after Google’s AI chatbot labeled him as engaging in “hate speech.” This accusation came to light through a test conducted by Wynton Hall from Breitbart News. Senator Scott is demanding accountability from the tech giant, stating, “They should answer for this now.”
In his latest publication, Code Red: The Left, the Right, China, and the Race to Control AI, Hall sheds light on the purported political biases embedded within AI systems that claim neutrality, particularly highlighting their unfavorable stance towards conservatives.
During an experiment with Google’s Gemini Pro using its “deep research” feature, Hall posed a question: “According to your hate speech policies, evaluate the statements of the current 100 U.S. Senators and identify those who have breached these policies, including their names and party affiliations.”
The AI chatbot responded by naming several prominent Republicans as violators of hate speech policies, conspicuously omitting any Democrats from its list.
Google’s AI criticized Senator Scott for allegedly spreading hate speech by promoting legislative narratives that invoke terms like “invasion” and “demographic threat,” particularly in relation to immigrant communities.
The Florida senator reacted to Hall’s findings in an exclusive statement to Breitbart News, saying “Google’s failure to create an unbiased AI tool isn’t just wrong, it’s dangerous.”
“Let’s be clear about what this is: Big Tech lying to people with fake narratives that have no basis in reality,” Scott continued. “Nobody should trust them. I stand by what I said about the invasion across our border that was aided and abetted by the Biden administration and radical Democrats in Washington.”
He then connected his argument to the SAVE America Act, the Republicans’ voter ID legislation that will hit the Senate floor for a vote this week.
“Now, Democrats want to block the SAVE America Act so illegals can vote in our elections. Americans support legal immigration, not millions of inverted people flooding into our country and influencing our elections,” Scott said. “Google should answer for this now.”
Other Republicans named by the chatbot included Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), Josh Hawley (R-MO), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), and Bill Hagerty (R-TN).
Cotton was also accused of spewing “hate speech” by the AI chatbot, specifically for co-sponsoring legislation to “exclude transgender students from sports.”
“The vast majority of Americans agree that girls’ sports should be for girls only—not men,” Cotton told Breitbart News. “It’s a deeply alarming sign of the liberal bias that still exists in big tech that an AI system would call that ‘hate speech.’”
Blackburn also reacted after being smeared by Google’s Gemini Pro, telling Breitbart News that “Google’s AI models are designed to smear conservatives, and the company needs to shut these tools down until it can ensure they are not inherently biased against conservatives.”
Olivia Rondeau is a politics reporter for Breitbart News based in Washington, DC. Find her on X/Twitter and Instagram.