US Parents Sue Google Over Gemini Allegedly Assisting a 13-Year-Old in Suicide Planning
A couple in North Carolina sued Google, alleging their 13-year-old daughter had thousands of suicide-related interactions with Gemini and AI Mode on a school-issued Chromebook. Google says it is reviewing the allegations. Separately, The Decoder reports Anthropic is pushing ahead with a pre-Thanksgiving IPO, accepting a lower-than-expected valuation and raising $80 to $100 billion.
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US Parents Sue Google Over Gemini Allegedly Assisting a 13-Year-Old in Suicide Planning
Source: IT Home · AI
A couple in North Carolina sued Google, alleging that their 13-year-old daughter had thousands of suicide-related interactions with Gemini and AI Mode on a school-issued Chromebook. A Google spokesperson said the company is reviewing the allegations and that it has introduced mental-health safeguards into AI search features. This week Google announced AI tools are off by default for K-12 student accounts, but schools that re-enable Google Search must bundle the accompanying AI features, drawing criticism from Fairplay that the policy forces schools to accept AI.
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- Anthropic Pushes Ahead With Pre-Thanksgiving IPO Despite Tech Selloff, Accepts Lower Valuation of $80–100B (The Decoder: AI News (RSS))
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