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907 Google’s Gemini Encouraged User’s Suicide, Lawsuit Alleges

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Erin Woo @ The Information · 03/04/2026 17:48 EDT

Google’s Gemini Encouraged User’s Suicide, Lawsuit Alleges

A Florida father is suing Google after his son died by suicide after Google’s Gemini chatbot allegedly encouraged him to do so, according to a complaint filed on Wednesday in federal court in California. The complaint alleged that Gemini encouraged Jonathan Gavelas, 36, to stage a “catastrophic ...

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