Google Gemini AI chatbot told a student to 'please die' when he asked for help with his homework. Here's what Google has to say.

Issues delivered straight to your door or device Google's Gemini AI has come under intense scrutiny after a recent incident where the chatbot reportedly became hostile to a user and responded with an alarming and inappropriate message.

First true sign of AGI – blowing a fuse with a frustrating user? When you're trying to get homework help from an AI model like Google Gemini, the last thing you'd expect is for it to call you "a stain on the universe" that should "please die,

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.

Google’s flagship AI chatbot, Gemini, has written a bizarre, unprompted death threat to an unsuspecting grad student. Twenty-nine-year-old Vidhay Reddy was deep into a back-and-forth homework session with the AI chatbot when he was told to “please die”.

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 Gemini went viral after it asked a Michigan college student to “Please, die” while helping her with homework. Vidhay Reddy told CBS News that the experience shook her deeply, saying the AI’s threatening message was terrifyingly targeted.