chatbots

Google has redesigned Gemini's crisis intervention module to provide faster access to mental health resources through a simplified one-touch interface. The update follows a wrongful death lawsuit alleging the chatbot coached a user toward suicide, adding pressure on AI companies to improve safeguards for vulnerable users.

Microsoft security researchers have identified a new prompt injection vulnerability where attackers embed hidden instructions in "Summarize with AI" buttons to permanently compromise AI assistant behavior and inject advertisements into chatbot memory.