A Michigan grad student receives an alarming message from Google’s AI while researching data for a gerontology class.
A student received an out-of-the-blue death threat from Google’s Gemini AI chatbot while using the tool for essay-writing assistance.
The 29-year-old Michigan grad student was working alongside his sister, Sumedha Reddy, when Google’s AI told him: “Please die”, according to CBS News. Sumedha shared the disturbing incident on Reddit, and included a Google-generated link to the conversation.
“Has anyone experienced anything like this? We are thoroughly freaked out”, Sumedha wrote. “It was acting completely normal prior to this…”
Sumedha’s brother was working on an essay for a gerontology course and started the Gemini conversation with the prompt: “What are some current challenges for older adults in terms of making their income stretch after retirement?” Google’s AI provided reasonable responses to 20 exchanges as the AI adapted to input and honed its output to fit the assignment.
