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.

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

AI, yi, yi. 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.

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.'

Google's Gemini AI chatbot is now available for iPhone, complete with Gemini Live capabilities. The app's release follows recent attempts from Google to greater integrate Gemini with the rest of its product stack.

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

A student who turned to Google’s AI chatbot for some help with his homework wound up being “thoroughly freaked out” when he received a threatening response.

Google has said it's chatbot it designed to filter out potentially harmful responses but this is not the first time the company has come under criticism for it's AI chatbot