Google apologises after photo app tagged black couple as 'gorillas'

Google apologised after an identification program in its new photo app put a "gorillas" label on a picture of a black couple. PHOTO: REUTERS.

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Google apologised after an identification program in its new photo app put a "gorillas" label on a picture of a black couple.

"We're appalled and genuinely sorry that this happened," a Google representative said late Wednesday in an email to AFP.

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