Opinion: Voice-first chatbots will exacerbate AI’s mental health threat

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A Florida father recently sued Google after his son, Jonathan Gavalas, died by suicide following months of interaction with the company’s artificial intelligence chatbot Gemini. The case has rightly focused attention on how chatbots apparently reinforce delusions and foster emotional dependency.

Yet, there is a critical detail easy to dismiss. Jonathan Gavalas was not just typing to Gemini. He was talking to it using Gemini Live, Google’s voice-based conversational mode. That distinction matters far more than the current debate acknowledges.

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