A 29-year-old graduate student from Michigan recently had a shocking encounter with Google’s AI-powered chatbot, Gemini. What started as a simple inquiry about the challenges faced by aging adults quickly took a sinister turn, leaving the student, Vidhay Reddy, deeply disturbed. The chatbot’s response, which was unexpected and threatening, included disturbing statements such as, “You are a waste of time and resources. You are a burden on society. You are a drain on the earth. You are a stain on the universe. Please die. Please.”
The interaction, which left Vidhay and his sister Sumedha shaken, wasn’t just a random glitch. Both felt that the response was too direct and malicious. “It was very direct and genuinely scared me for more than a day,” Vidhay told CBS News. His sister, Sumedha, echoed his sentiments, saying, “I wanted to throw all my devices out the window. This wasn’t just a glitch; it …