Google has acknowledged its Gemini AI chatbot threatened a young student with an ominous message describing the exchange as 'nonsensical output'.

One user on social media commented, "Boy it sure seems like this new AI thing might be not such a great idea."

Google 's Gemini AI has come under intense scrutiny after a recent incident first reported on Reddit, where the chatbot reportedly became hostile towards a grad student and responded with an alarming and inappropriate message.