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Lawsuit Claims Student’s Google AI Use Turned Into ‘Life-Threatening Obsession’

The student's only access to Gemini was through a school-issued Chromebook, the parents claims.

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Lawsuit Claims Student’s Google AI Use Turned Into ‘Life-Threatening Obsession’
Image: Google's Gemini displayed on a phone with a computer in the background showing its logo. © IMEN BEN YOUSSEF / Contributor via Getty

A North Carolina couple is suing Google, claiming that the Gemini AI installed on a school-issued Chromebook laptop helped their 13-year-old daughter plan her suicide attempt.

“Unknown to her parents, Emma had spent the last several months in the thrall of Google’s AI chatbot, Gemini, which had coached Emma on how to commit suicide and plan her own funeral,” the lawsuit says, referring to a victim…

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