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.

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.

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