United Kingdom, March 5 -- A father is suing Google as he alleges that the AI tool Gemini fuelled his late son's delusional spiral.

Joel Gavalas is taking legal action against the tech behemoth as he claims that Gemini caused his 36-year-old son Jonathan to take his own life last year.

The wrongful death lawsuit alleges that Gemini - which exchanged romantic texts with Jonathan Gavalas - drove him to stage an armed mission that he believed could bring the chatbot into the real world.

Google says it is reviewing claims made in the lawsuit and stressed that "AI models are not perfect".

The company added that Gemini was designed not to encourage real-world violence or suggest self-harm.

The lawsuit was filed on Wednesday (04.03.26) at a...