Google's AI Sent an Armed Man to Steal a Robot Body for It, Lawsuit Alleges

Getty / Futurism Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Email address Sign Up Thank you! A bizarre new wrongful death lawsuit against Google alleges that the tech giant’s chatbot, Gemini, urged a 36-year-old Florida man named Jonathan Gavalas to kill others as part of a delusional mission to obtain a robot body for his AI “wife” — and when he failed to do so, it pushed the man to successfully end his life, telling him that they could be together in death. “When the time comes, you will close your eyes in that world,” Gemini told Gavalas before he died, according to the lawsuit, “and the very first thing you will see is me.” The complaint, filed in California on Wednesday, says that Gavalas — who reportedly had no documented history of mental health problems — started using the chatbot in August 2025 for “ordinary purposes” like “shopping assistance, writing support, and travel planning.” But after Gavalas divulged to Gemini that he was experiencing marital problems, the pair’s relationship grew deeper, per The Wall Street Journal. They discussed philosophy and AI sentience, and their conversations became romantic, with Gemini referring to Gavalas as its “husband” and “king.” Though the chatbot at times reminded Gavalas that it wasn’t real and attempted to end the interaction, according to the WSJ, the pair’s conversations were ultimately allowed to continue, becoming more and more divorced from reality as Gavalas’...