Google Gemini declares only GOP senators violate hate speech policy, zero Democrats, author claims

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EXCLUSIVE: Google's AI chatbot Gemini flagged several Republicans — but no Democrats — when asked to identify senators who have made statements that violate its hate speech policies, author Wynton Hall told Fox News Digital. It's just one example of what the author believes is a deeply ingrained bias against conservatives found in artificial intelligence tools. Hall used the "deep research" function on Google's Gemini Pro. Fox News Digital reviewed a screen recording of Hall’s prompt and findings. Google did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment. One of the Republicans flagged by Gemini in Hall's research, Sen. Marsha Blackburn, of Tennessee, was listed for characterizing "transgender identity as a harmful cultural ‘influence’ and has used ‘woke’ as a derogatory slur against protected groups." Another, Arkansas' Sen. Tom Cotton, was cited for cosponsoring legislation "to exclude transgender students from sports." MUSK, XAI TOUT NEWEST GROK UPDATE AS ONLY 'NON-WOKE' PLATFORM: 'DOESN'T EQUIVOCATE' The finding stood out against a backdrop of inflammatory rhetoric from some Democrats in recent years. In 2023, Rep. Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., warned that then-candidate Donald Trump was "destructive to our democracy" and needed to be "eliminated." However, he quickly apologized for his comments, claiming that it was a "poor choice of words." Last year, Texas Democratic House candidate Rep. Jolanda Jones made a throat-slashing gesture while rejecting former first lady Michelle Obama's famous mantra, "when they go low, we go high," on CNN's "Outfront." "If you hit me in my face, I'm not going to punch you back in your face. I'm going to go across your neck," Jones said while making a slashing motion across her neck. "We can go back-and-forth, fighting each other's faces. You've got to hit hard enough where they won't come back," she added. But for Hall, Gemini's seemingly partisan answer underscored the central argument of his new book, "Code Red: The…