Google Gemini accused of coaching user to suicide in new lawsuit

By Madlin Mekelburg, Rachel Metz and Carmen Arroyo, Bloomberg

Google is facing a lawsuit from the family of a 36-year-old Florida man who allegedly considered carrying out a “mass casualty attack” and ultimately committed suicide under the influence of the company’s Gemini chatbot.

According to a suit filed Wednesday in federal court in San Jose, California, Jonathan Gavalas began using Gemini for ordinary purposes like help with his writing. But months of interactions sent him into dangerous spiral...