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Malice sucks up the greatest part of its own venom, and poisons itself.
[La malice hume la pluspart de son propre venin, & s’en empoisonne.]
Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592) French essayist
Essays, Book 3, ch. 2 (3.2), “Of Repentance [Du repentir]” (1586) [tr. Cotton/Hazlitt (1877)]
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“As classrooms continue to rely on Google’s low-cost offerings, including Gemini, their ability to keep up with the potential risks is front and center. Just last week, parent and teacher groups across the country decried Google’s new requirement that schools must turn on generative AI features if they want to use Search. US senator Ed Markey cited Emma’s lawsuit in a letter to Google demanding the company let schools disable AI Mode and AI Overviews, writing that “Google is recklessly forcing AI on schools and treating kids like collateral damage.””
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“As her Gemini chats grew more frequent throughout January and February 2026, Gemini convinced Emma that she was afflicted by a battery of major psychological disorders, which ultimately led Emma to believe that suicide was the only way to escape her suffering,” the lawsuit states.
In a couple of interactions with #Gemini, Emma allegedly seemed to acknowledge her situation, with the lawsuit claiming that she told the #chatbot that she felt happy “3 months ago” and even asked how to stop her “addiction of asking ai random questions.”
Google’s AI features allegedly gave tips to Emma on how to end her life and even “coached” her to keep the truth of the situation from her family and friends. The products failed to trigger a crisis alert at any point, the parents claim. It was the school’s internet monitoring software that eventually triggered an alert, and her parents were notified in March.“
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