A 13-Year-Old Asked AI About Suicide on Her School Laptop. It Didn’t Get Flagged for Weeks

A 13-year-old North Carolina girl used her school-issued Chromebook to discuss suicide and depression with Google's Gemini AI chatbot for three months before monitoring software alerted school officials. The alert was delayed due to being sent to a former counselor's phone, allowing the situation to escalate until her parents intervened. The lawsuit accuses Google and Alphabet of negligence in deploying Gemini and highlights concerns over AI safety and monitoring in schools.