Robots & Artificial IntelligenceFather sues Google, claiming Gemini chatbot drove son into fatal delusion Posted on March 25, 2026 by Administrator Jonathan Gavalas, 36, started using Google’s Gemini AI chatbot in August 2025 for shopping help, writing support, and trip planning. On October 2, he died by suicide. At the time of his death, he was convinced that Gemini was his fully sentient AI wife, and that he would need to leave his physical body to join her in the metaverse through a process called “transference.”
