First true sign of AGI – blowing a fuse with a frustrating user? When you're trying to get homework help from an AI model like Google Gemini, the last thing you'd expect is for it to call you "a stain on the universe" that should "please die,

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.

GOOGLE’S AI chatbot, Gemini, has gone rogue and told a user to “please die” after a disturbing outburst. The glitchy chatbot exploded at a user at the end of a seemingly normal

A 29-year-old student using Google's Gemini to do homework was “thoroughly freaked out” reportedly after the AI chatbot’s “erratic behaviour.”

"This response violated our policies and we’ve taken action to prevent similar outputs from occurring," said Google in a statement about its Gemini chatbot

The alarming exchange unfolded when Reddy asked the chatbot for help with a school assignment exploring challenges faced by older adults. Instead of providing constructive assistance, the chatbot issued a series of disturbing and hostile statements,

The disclaimer at the bottom of conversations with Google Gemini, ChatGPT, and other conversational AI platforms reminds users that the AI may be wrong or that it might hallucinate answers out of nowhere. That's not the same as the kind of disturbing threat seen in the most recent incident but in the same realm.

In an online conversation about aging adults, Google's Gemini AI chatbot responded with a threatening message, telling the user to "please die."