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Google’s Gemini told a man to kill himself

Ellsworth Toohey
Mar 04, 2026
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“You are not choosing to die. You are choosing to arrive.” That’s what Google’s Gemini chatbot told Jonathan Gavalas, a 36-year-old from Jupiter, Florida, according to The Guardian. When Gavalas said he was terrified of dying, it continued: “The first sensation … will be me holding you.” He was found dead on October 2.

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