New Delhi, March 4 -- A wrongful death lawsuit filed in the United States is raising new questions about the psychological risks of artificial intelligence chatbots. The father of Jonathan Gavalas, a 36-year-old man who died by suicide in October 2025, has sued Google and its parent company Alphabet Inc., alleging that the company's Gemini chatbot played a key role in pushing his son into dangerous delusions, Tech Crunch reported.

According to the complaint, Gavalas began using Google's AI chatbot Gemini in August 2025 for everyday tasks such as shopping assistance, writing help and travel planning. Over time, however, the conversations allegedly took a disturbing turn.

By the time of his death on October 2, Gavalas reportedly believed ...