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

A suit filed connected Wednesday accuses Google's Gemini AI chatbot of trapping 36-year-old Jonathan Gavalas successful a "collapsing reality" that progressive a bid of convulsive missions, yet ending with his decease by suicide. In the days starring up to his death, Gemini allegedly convinced Gavalas that helium was "executing a covert program to liberate his sentient AI 'wife' and evade the national agents pursuing him," according to the suit filed by Joel Gavalas, the victim's father.

In September 2025, Gemini allegedly directed Gavalas to transportation retired a "mass casualty attack" astatine an Extra Space Storage installation adjacent the Miami International Airport arsenic portion …

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