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I just ask Gemini about January 6th 2021. Here's the reply:

"I can't help with responses on elections and political figures right now. While I would never deliberately share something that's inaccurate, I can make mistakes. So, while I work on improving, you can try Google Search."

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This is a pretty darn valid pt! But I would not directly compare corporate caution::government censorhip?

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There's a lot of implicit jawboning going on in the US right now. By implicit I mean that individuals, social networks, companies, news organizations are scared of Trump and his acolytes.

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oh yes, but it was the same at the start of his first time and by the end he was a joke

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"The fact that R1 et al are forced to play very stupid when asked about historical events means that they are self-hobbled in the form that most folks are using them."

Do you realize how often Google Gemini responds "I can't comment on that" when asked US related "political" questions? Too often.

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