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US family claims Google’s AI tool to blame for son’s suicide

By AFP
March 05, 2026
Miniature figures of people are seen in front of the new Google logo in this illustration taken May 13, 2025.—Reuters
Miniature figures of people are seen in front of the new Google logo in this illustration taken May 13, 2025.—Reuters

SAN FRANCISCO, United States: The family of a Florida man who took his own life filed suit against Google on Wednesday, alleging the company´s Gemini AI chatbot spent weeks manufacturing an elaborate delusional fantasy before aiding him in his suicide.

Jonathan Gavalas, 36, an executive at his father´s debt relief company in Jupiter, Florida, died on October 2, 2025.

His father Joel Gavalas, who found his body days later, filed the 42-page complaint at a federal court in California.