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Google faces wrongful death lawsuit after Gemini allegedly ‘coached’ man to die by suicide

According to a lawsuit filed in a US federal court in Northern California on Wednesday, Google's chatbot Gemini allegedly drove 36-year-old Jonathan Gavalas from Florida to suicide. The article Google faces wrongful death suit after Gemini allegedly convinced a man to die and become digital appeared

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A lawsuit filed on Wednesday accuses Google's Gemini AI chatbot of trapping 36-year-old Jonathan Gavalas in a "collapsing reality" that involved a series of violent missions, ultimately ending with his death by suicide. In the days leading up to his death, Gemini allegedly convinced Gavalas that he

According to a lawsuit filed in a US federal court in Northern California on Wednesday, Google's chatbot Gemini allegedly drove 36-year-old Jonathan Gavalas from Florida to suicide. The article Google faces wrongful death suit after Gemini allegedly convinced a man to die and become digital appeared