Google apologized for mistakenly sending a news alert that fully spelled out a racial slur blurted at the BAFTA Awards this weekend by Tourette’s Syndrome advocate John Davidson while the cast of “Sinners” was presenting onstage. According to Google, AI was not involved in the error.
“We’re very sorry for this mistake,” a Google spokesperson said Tuesday. “We’ve removed the offensive notification and are working to prevent this from happening again.”
The alert in question linked to an article from The Hollywood Reporter about the fallout of Davidson, a Tourette’s advocate, shouting the n-word as an involuntary tic while Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo presented onstage.
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