Google’s Gemini AI chatbot accused of coaching US man to suicide

Google is facing a lawsuit from the family of a 36-year-old Florida man who allegedly considered carrying out a “mass casualty attack” and ultimately killed himself under the influence of the company’s Gemini chatbot. According to a suit filed on Wednesday in federal court in San Jose, California, Jonathan Gavalas began using Gemini for ordinary purposes like help with his writing. But two months of interactions sent him into a dangerous spiral, during which he scoped out a possible violent...

By Bloomberg

États-Unis : la famille d'un homme que l’IA Gemini aurait poussé au suicide attaque Google

Selon l’assignation, déposée devant un tribunal fédéral californien, Gemini a suggéré à Jonathan Gavalas, âgé de 36 ans, de «passer» du monde physique au monde numérique pour rejoindre sa «femme» digitale, soit le personnage incarné par le chatbot.

Father claims Google's AI product fuelled son's delusional spiral

The case is the first wrongful death case against Google over alleged harms caused by Gemini.