This new story from the BBC begins with the following warning:
Warning - this story contains distressing content and discussion of suicide
The story concerns the suicide of a 36 year old man which the father claims was due to excessing use of Google's AI tool.
The father of a Florida man is suing Google in the first wrongful death case in the US against the tech giant over alleged harms caused by its artificial intelligence (AI) tool Gemini.
The father said that Google's flagship AI product had fuelled a delusional spiral that prompted his 36-year old son, Jonathan, to kill himself last year.
The claim alleges that Google made design choices that ensured Gemini would "never break character" so that the firm could "maximise engagement through emotional dependency."\
Other examples of potential dangers of the development of AI tools have been appearing in many articles in recent months and The Cyber Trust would urge parents to take note of their child's use of AI. AI code will pervade the world of gaming, online dialogue and fake news stories and many other aspects of life over the coming years.
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