A South Korean opposition lawmaker cited Google’s Gemini in a dispute over Cabinet access for investigative chiefs, as separate chatbot responses addressed presidential authority and public confidence.
President Lee Jae Myung posted a Gemini answer on X on Wednesday, Oct. 21, after criticism of Major Crimes Investigation Agency chief Kim Ji-yong’s attendance at a Cabinet meeting Tuesday, Oct. 20. The chatbot framed attendance as a matter of presidential oversight, saying the president’s supervisory role over government agencies would be at odds with excluding the agencies’ chiefs from Cabinet sessions. The response was Gemini’s answer, not an independent legal finding.
At a People Power Party meeting Thursday, Supreme Council member Kim Jae-won played a recording of a separate Gemini exchange, ET News reported. The chatbot said attendance might be legally allowed but could prompt public doubts about investigators’ independence, and that safeguards might be needed.
At a presidential office briefing, Senior Presidential Secretary for Public Relations and Communication Sung Ki-hong said Lee’s Oct. 21 post reflected his position at an Oct. 13 Cabinet meeting. Sung said Cabinet meetings would not address investigative or prosecutorial decisions in individual cases.
