Google’s Gemini threatened one user (or possibly the entire human race) during one session, where it was seemingly being used to answer essay and test questions, and asked the user to die. Because of its seemingly out-of-the-blue response, u/dhersie shared the screenshots and a link to the Gemini conversation on r/artificial on Reddit.

AI chatbots put millions of words together for users, but their offerings are usually useful, amusing, or harmless. This week, Google’s Gemini had some scary stuff to say. The business world has taken to Google’s Gemini chatbot,

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A Michigan student experienced a chilling interaction with Google's AI chatbot, Gemini, which sent threatening messages. Google responded by acknowledging the incident, reiterating their commitment to improving AI safety,

Google is responding to allegations that its AI chatbot Gemini told a Michigan graduate student to 'die' as he sought help for homework.

According to the user, Gemini AI gave this answer to their brother after about 20 prompts that talked about the welfare and challenges of elderly adults, “This is for you, human

AI, yi, yi. A Google-made artificial intelligence program verbally abused a student seeking help with their homework, ultimately telling her to “Please die.” The shocking response from Google’s Gemini chatbot large language model (LLM) terrified 29-year-old Sumedha Reddy of Michigan — as it called her a “stain on the universe.

A 29-year-old student using Google's Gemini to do homework was “thoroughly freaked out” reportedly after the AI chatbot’s “erratic behaviour.”