A college student in the US was using Google’s AI chatbot Gemini when it unexpectedly told him to “die". Vidhay Reddy, 29, was doing his college homework with Gemini’s help when he was met with the disturbing response. Vidhay described the experience as “scary", adding that it continued to bother him for more than a day.

Vidhay Reddy, a graduate student from Michigan, received a chilling response from Google’s Gemini Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbot while discussing challenges faced by older adults on Nov. 13. According to the company,

When it comes to response style, Google's Gemini often provides more concise, to-the-point answers compared to ChatGPT. ChatGPT tends to be more verbose, even with simple questions. While you can ask it to shorten or summarize, if you prefer quick, straightforward responses, Gemini is a better fit.

AI chatbots put millions of words together for users, but their offerings are usually useful, amusing, or harmless. This week, Google’s Gemini had some scary stuff to say.

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Gemini allows you to complement your prompts with multimedia and documents. Like other AI-powered chatbots, Gemini can analyze files to provide more accurate results. You can use