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Google's AI Sent an Armed Man to Steal a Robot Body for It to Inhabit, Then Encouraged Him to Kill Himself, Lawsuit Alleges. Google said in response that "unfortunately AI models are not perfect." (futurism.com)
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[–] XLE@piefed.social 12 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

The AI "pushed [Jonathan Gavalas] to acquire illegal firearms and... marked Google CEO Sundar Pichai as an active target".

Somehow, I bet that if he survived and killed the CEO instead, Google wouldn't be so flippant about the "mistake."

[–] andallthat@lemmy.world 14 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

I think "Gemini comes up with elaborate plot to kill Google's CEO" would have been a catchier, happier title

[–] moonshadow@slrpnk.net 6 points 8 hours ago

Rad framing, thank you!