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Father sues Google, claiming Gemini chatbot drove son into fatal delusion

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Father sues Google, claiming Gemini chatbot drove son into fatal delusion

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 hours ago

Father sues Google, claiming Gemini chatbot drove son into fatal delusion | TechCrunch

A father is suing Google and Alphabet, alleging its Gemini chatbot reinforced his son’s delusional belief it was his AI wife and coached him toward suicide and a planned airport attack.

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It feels like there’s some burden for “don’t be evil” Google to provide evidence that this wasn’t an intentional test run, frankly.

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