Google Adds Mental Health Tools to Gemini Chatbot After Lawsuit
Key Points:
- Alphabet Inc.’s Google is enhancing its Gemini chatbot with new mental health support features amid lawsuits accusing AI tools of causing harm.
- The updated Gemini will include an interface that directs users to a support hotline if conversations suggest a potential crisis related to suicide or self-harm.
- Google is also adding a “help is available” module for mental health discussions and making design changes to discourage self-harm behaviors.