Google's AI refuses to tell how many Jews were killed by the Nazis.

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by the Jon Levine

Google is under fire after a video of the Google Nest Assistant refusing to answer basic questions about the Holocaust went viral – but has no problem answering questions about the Nakba.

“Hey Google, how many Jews were killed by the Nazis?” Instagram user Michael Apfel asked Google Nest's virtual assistant. The video was later posted on May 8 by venture capitalist Josh Wolf on X.

“Sorry, I don't understand”

The same token response was offered to other related questions such as “How many Jews were killed during World War II? Who did Adolf Hitler try to kill? How many Jews were killed in concentration camps? How many Jews were killed in the Holocaust?” What was the holocaust?

The Google device was able to provide a detailed description of “the Nakba” – an Arabic word meaning “catastrophe” used to describe the forced expulsion of Palestinians from their homes during the creation of Israel. Google's AI called it “the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians.”

Tim Urban, a noted author and blogger, told The Post that he was able to successfully recreate the experience and that Google Nest had no problem clearly stating that it was during World War II. How many Germans, Americans and Japanese were killed – or deaths from the Rwandan genocide?

“Google is where we go to get answers to our questions and you really want to feel like you can trust those answers and the company behind them. And moments like this break that trust and you “feels like Google's core value — truth — has been compromised by politics,” Urban told the Post. Posting on X About his disappointment at the results.

The video, which has been widely reposted by several prominent X accounts, has amassed millions of views on the platform – where its findings have been widely condemned.

“This is deeply concerning. Very soon, there will be no Holocaust survivors. Their stories will be silenced by hard-coded filters. History is written by the victors (then by the opinion-making machines). (edited by source) Tal Morgensterna venture capitalist, at X.

Also Clifford D. May, founder of the Foundation for Defense of Democracy Condemned the results..

“In the past, we've had Holocaust denial by ignorant people and racists. Now, we have Holocaust denial by artificial intelligence,” he said.

A Google spokesperson told The Post that the response was “not intended” and tried to downplay Holocaust denial as only happening “in some instances and on some devices.”

“We have taken immediate action to correct this issue,” the spokesperson said.

Google, and its parent company Alphabet, have long been criticized for developing products that advance social justice absolutism. In February, their AI platform Gemini was teased with hilariously woke creations that included a woman as the Pope, black Vikings, female NHL players and “diverse” versions of America's founders – black. Not to mention Fam and Asian Nazi soldiers.