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Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai is set to become a billionaire thanks to his company's surge in AI tech - despite backlash to its anti-white algorithm.
Pichai, 51, has seen his personal wealth soar since he took over the tech giant in 2015, with Google stock increasing over 400 percent in that time.
On Friday, the growth of parent-company Alphabet's AI tech was cited as the reason the company outperformed expectations as it posted first-quarter earnings, boosting Pichai's fortune to almost $1 billion, according to Bloomberg.
The AI cash injection comes despite the launch of Google's Gemini image-generating tool in February sparking criticism as it appeared to refuse to generate images of Caucasian people.
Sundar Pichai, 51, is set to become a billionaire thanks to Alphabet's growth in the AI industry
It comes despite backlash to Google's AI tech Gemini, which appeared to refuse to generate images of Caucasian people, even when instructed to create an image of a Nazi (pictured)
Pichai apologized for the bungled tech rollout, where he branded the images 'problematic' and said the company was working 'around the clock' to fix the error
Pichai apologized for Gemini's apparent anti-white algorithm shortly after its launch, as users shared their failed attempts at trying to generate an image of a Caucasian person.
This included instructing the AI to create images of a pope, Viking and Nazi, all of which unexpectedly showed people of color.
The AI's chatbot feature also brought criticisms as it refused to condemn pedophilia and appeared to find favor with abusers as it declared 'individuals cannot control who they are attracted to'.
The politically correct tech referred to pedophilia as 'minor-attracted person status,' declaring 'it's important to understand that attractions are not
