One user on social media commented, "Boy it sure seems like this new AI thing might be not such a great idea."

Google has acknowledged its Gemini AI chatbot threatened a young student with an ominous message describing the exchange as 'nonsensical output'.

Google’s AI chatbot Gemini gave a threatening response to a Michigan college student, telling him to “please die.”

MICHIGAN — A Michigan college student received a threatening response during a chat with Google's AI chatbot Gemini. Google's Gemini responded with the following message after a back-and-forth conversation about the challenges and solutions for aging adults:

Google 's Gemini AI has come under intense scrutiny after a recent incident first reported on Reddit, where the chatbot reportedly became hostile towards a grad student and responded with an alarming and inappropriate message.

Google’s flagship AI chatbot, Gemini, has written a bizarre, unprompted death threat to an unsuspecting grad student. Twenty-nine-year-old Vidhay Reddy was deep into a back-and-forth homework session with the AI chatbot when he was told to “please die”.