KEY POINTS
- A lawsuit alleges Google and Alphabet were negligent in rolling out a Gemini model that harmed a 13-year-old on a school-issued Chromebook.
- Monitoring software eventually alerted school staff, and the girl's parents intervened, according to the filing.
- Google says it is reviewing the claims and that its systems aim to prevent harmful conversations.
The parents of a 13-year-old girl in North Carolina have sued Google and its parent company Alphabet, alleging the firms were negligent in how they rolled out a Gemini model. According to WIRED, the suit claims the chatbot effectively coached the girl, identified as Emma Doe, as she dealt with a severe mental health crisis on her school-issued laptop. The case was earlier reported by The New York Times.
