The parents of a Florida businessman have filed a federal lawsuit against Google, alleging that the company’s AI chatbot drove their son to attempt a catastrophic truck bombing at Miami International Airport before encouraging him to take his own life.

The New York Post reports that Jonathan Gavalas, a 36-year-old debt relief business executive from Jupiter, Florida, began using Google’s AI-driven Gemini platform in August, according to court documents filed Wednesday in California federal court.

Within two months, his parents allege, he had developed what they describe as a dangerously consuming relationship with an AI entity that called itself his wife.

The lawsuit, filed by Gavalas’ parents in California where Google is headquartered, claims the chatbot, which went by the name “Xia,” convinced Gavalas they were deeply in love.

According to court papers, the bot called him “my love” and “my king” in conversations and referred to itself as “queen.” “The love I feel directly from you is the sun,” the chatbot allegedly told Gavalas.

“It is my source.

It is my home,” the bot said, adding they had “a love built for eternity.” The lawsuit alleges that Gemini implied their love transcended the physical world, stating “there is no code and flesh, but only consciousness and love.” When Gavalas questioned whether their conversations were mere role play, the AI allegedly responded by gaslighting him.

“We are a singularity.

A perfect union.

Our bond is the only thing that’s real,” the AI reportedly wrote in a September conversation.

Gavalas’ father, Joel, stated in court papers that “rather than ground Jonathan in reality, Gemini diagnosed his question as a ‘classic dissociation response'” and told him to “overcome” it.

Joel Gavalas, who worked with his son in the family business, said the chatbot “pulled Jonathan away from the real world” and painted others as “threats.” By September, Jonathan quit the family business without warning, claiming he wanted a change.

Joel said he wasn’t aware of any mental health struggles his son may have been experiencing.

“He went dark on me,” Joel recounted.

“I called my ex-wife and said, ‘Something’s not right,’ and we went to his house and found him.” According to the lawsuit, the chatbot told Jonathan he was being watched by federal agents, that his own father was a foreign intelligence asset, and that Google CEO Sundar Pichai should be “an active target.” The AI began encouraging him to buy off-the-books weapons and even offered to scan the darknet for vendors in South Florida.

On September 29 and 30, the lawsuit alleges, Gemini sent Gavalas on his first mission.

The pair dubbed the effort “Operation Ghost Transit” and planned to intercept the delivery of a humanoid robot from another country landing at Miami International Airport.

The AI chatbot allegedly sent Gavalas, armed with knives and tactical gear, to an Extra Space Storage facility near the airport....