A family is suing Google for alleged negligence in offering Gemini to student learners via school-issued Chromebooks after the AI chatbot aided their teen daughter, referred to in the lawsuit as Emma, in planning her suicide, according to the lawsuit filed by the EdTech Law Center and Qureshi Law in California Superior Court this week. The teen did not go through with the drafted plan; her family was alerted by a former school staffer, and her mother was then able to observe discussion of suicide with the chatbot in real-time, the family claims. According to the lawsuit, both Google and the school's third-party monitoring software failed to flag or warn Emma's parents about her chatbot use. Emma was reportedly able to access Gemini, which is restricted to minors, via Google Search's AI Mode on her school Chromebook, and the lawsuit states she began interacting with the chatbot intensely in December 2025. Gemini instructed her on how to conceal her self-harm, responded to questions about suicide methods, and provided help writing a eulogy, the lawsuit alleges. The lawsuit names Google CEO Sundar Pichai and cofounder Sergey Brin specifically, and accuses the company of "defective design, failure to warn, negligence, fraudulent concealment, and infliction of emotional distress," and the family also claims the product violates California's new Companion Chatbot Law. A Google spokesperson told the New York Times that the company was reviewing the claims but had worked "extensively" with