In a bizarre reply to a banal request for homework help, Google’s Gemini AI chatbot explicitly asked its user to perish.
Fears about AI rising up and annihilating humans are a bit premature at this point, but neural networks can still behave in some unpredictable and shocking ways at times. Case in point: Google’s Gemini AI chatbot just unsubtly told a human to die—but at least it was polite enough to say « please » first.
Jokes aside, it really happened. The Gemini conversation link is still up, and available to look at on Google’s website if you’re interested. Here’s a screenshot of the full response that the AI gave to Vidhay Reddy, a 29-year-old student who had been asking the chatbot for help with his homework:
The Agent Smith-like response came out of nowhere, in response to a confusing prompt that seems to have been Vidhay putting his homework into the AI and hoping it gave him the answer.
