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Father sues Google, claiming Gemini chatbot drove son into fatal delusion (techcrunch.com)

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[+] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca -13 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Son of Sam killed people because his dog told him to. Should they have sued Purina?

America never lets a tragedy go to waste without trying to cash in.

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[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 24 points 7 months ago

the dog didn't actually tell him to

Google actually told him to with text receipts in writing

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[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 17 points 7 months ago

I mean, if Purina had sending him letters telling him to murder people like Google here, then yeah

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[–] frostysauce@lemmy.world 13 points 7 months ago

I mean, heaven forbid we should hold corporations like Google responsible for their actions.

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