Why Google’s Olympics 2024 ad went viral for all the wrong reasons and what the company said on the controversy

A recent Google commercial featuring its AI chatbot, Gemini, has ignited a firestorm of criticism. The TV advertisement played during ad breaks from the Olympics. The “Dear Sydney” ad from Google shows a little girl aspiring to be like Olympic track star Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone. The girl’s father turns to Gemini to help her write a fan letter to the Olympic Gold medalist, a task traditionally seen as a cornerstone of childhood imagination and expression.