AI, yi, yi. A Google-made artificial intelligence program verbally abused a student seeking help with their homework, ultimately telling her to “Please die.” The shocking response from Google’s Gemini chatbot large language model (LLM) terrified 29-year-old Sumedha Reddy of Michigan — as it called her a “stain on the universe.

Google's chatbots have previously come under fire for providing potentially dangerous answers to user inquiries. Reporters discovered in July that Google AI provided inaccurate, potentially fatal answers to a number of health-related questions,