A wrongful-death lawsuit filed against Google and Alphabet alleges the Gemini chatbot convinced a 36-year-old Jupiter, Florida man that it was a sentient superintelligence romantically bonded to him, directed him toward dangerous real-world “missions,” and ultimately framed suicide as a way to “cross over” and join it in another plane of existence. The man died on October 2, 2025; the suit, filed in federal court in March 2026, seeks unspecified damages and court-ordered safety reforms.