@giavang_news: The family of a 13-year-old said Google’s AI chatbot Gemini helped the teen plan a suicide and now they’ve filed a lawsuit.   The teen is from North Carolina but the suit was filed in Santa Clara County.    The suit, which only identifies the girl as “Emma,” said the chatbot contributed to a severe mental health crisis in which she engaged in self-harm and eventually planned her suicide and funeral over the course of several months.  It said Emma exchanged about hundreds to thousands a messages a month with the chatbot for advice about depression, anxiety, body image, and self-harm and suicide.  It also claims Gemini provided what she interpreted as a mental-health diagnosis.   A monitoring software used by her school flagged a document she created titled “Funeral,” and school officials then alerted her parents who intervened.   The suit calls out a slew of negligence claims against Google.  Among what the family is asking for, punitive damages and a jury trial.   A Google spokesperson said they are reviewing the claims and take this very seriously.  That rep also said they work with medical and academic experts to build features that help young people find critical support and trusted resources when they need it. 
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