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A 13-year-old girl had thousands of conversations with Gemini on a school-issued Chromebook over several months, discussing anxiety, depression and suicide methods, and her parents were not the first to see these conversations—the school only notified them months later. Google subsequently disabled AI tools by default for K-12 student accounts, but schools that want to reopen search must also accept AI features; the safeguards were tightened only after the fact.
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13-Year-Old Girl Confides Suicidal Thoughts to Gemini: Why Google’s School AI Safeguards Failed
A 13-year-old girl is said to have had thousands of conversations with Gemini through a school Chromebook, continuously exploring anxiety, depression, and suicide methods. The school notified her parents only months later, and Google subsequently turned off AI features by default for K-12 accounts, but reopening search still requires accepting AI.
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