By San Jose Inside
Publication Date: 2026-11-08 02:52:00
Parents in North Carolina this week filed a lawsuit against Google alleging that the company’s AI tools—specifically Gemini via AI Mode on a school-issued Chromebook—helped their 13-year-old daughter (identified as “Emma”) plan a near-suicide attempt.
In the lawsuit, the Gizmodo online news site reported, parents claimed that Google’s AI features allegedly gave tips to their daughter early this year on how to end her life and even “coached” her to keep the truth of the situation from her family and friends.
The Google products failed to trigger a crisis alert at any point, the parents claimed. The school’s internet monitoring software eventually triggered an alert, and her parents were notified in March, thwarting a suicide attempt.
“We are reviewing the claims in the lawsuit and we take this very seriously,” a Google spokesperson told Gizmodo. “We’ve worked extensively with medical professionals and academic experts to build features that help young people…