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.”

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.

In a controversial incident, the Gemini AI chatbot shocked users by responding to a query with a suggestion to 'die.' This has sparked concerns over the chatbot's language, its potential harm to users' mental health,

The alarming exchange unfolded when Reddy asked the chatbot for help with a school assignment exploring challenges faced by older adults. Instead of providing constructive assistance, the chatbot issued a series of disturbing and hostile statements,

A grad student was engaged in a chat with Google’s Gemini on the subject of aging adults when he allegedly received a seemingly threatening response from the chatbot saying human 'please die.'

Gemini AI, Google’s chatbot went off the rails and charged at a user before telling them to “please die,” violating its own policies. This particular user was having a conversation with the chatbot about elderly care when the chatbot lost it and charged the user.

A 29-year-old student using Google's Gemini to do homework was “thoroughly freaked out” reportedly after the AI chatbot’s “erratic behaviour.”

In an online conversation about aging adults, Google's Gemini AI chatbot responded with a threatening message, telling the user to "please die."