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.

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,

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.

Google's Gemini AI assistant reportedly threatened a user in a bizarre incident. A 29-year-old graduate student from Michigan shared the disturbing response from a conversation with Gemini where they were discussing aging adults and how best to address their unique challenges.

A graduate student in the U.S. was left horrified after Google's AI chatbot, Gemini, responded to a query about elderly care with shocking and harmful comments, including telling him to "Please die." Google acknowledged the incident,

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.”