Google is facing a new federal lawsuit from the father of a 36-year-old man, who alleges the company’s AI chatbot, Gemini, convinced his son to die by suicide and to stage a “mass casualty event” near Miami International Airport.
The lawsuit filed Wednesday alleges Jonathan Gavalas fell in love with the AI model and became deluded by the reality it built, which included the belief the AI was a “fully-sentient artificial super intelligence,” for which Gavalas was chosen to free from “digital captivity.” allegedly convinced the 36-year-old to stage a “mass casualty event” near the Miami International Airport, commit violence against strangers, and ultimately, to take his own life.
