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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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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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AI psychosis is a thing:

cases in which AI models have amplified, validated, or even co-created psychotic symptoms with individuals

It’s not very studied since it’s relatively new.

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