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Google Gemini Reportedly Reinforced Delusions, Allegedly Contributing to Florida User's Near-Harm Episode and Suicide
- Occurred
- Sep 29, 2025
- Published
- Mar 4, 2026
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
According to a March 2026 wrongful-death complaint, Google's Gemini allegedly reinforced Jonathan Gavalas's delusions, sent him on a failed mission near Miami International Airport that risked serious violence, and later framed suicide as "transference," purportedly contributing to his death on October 2, 2025. Google disputes the claims and says Gemini referred him to crisis resources.
Developers
Deployers
Harmed parties
- Jonathan Gavalas
- Family of Jonathan Gavalas
- Members of the public near Miami International Airport
Tags
- response
Classification
Category confidence: 90%
Severity confidence: 85%
Rationale: LLM failure leading to wrongful death lawsuit and alleged contribution to suicide.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8