Google Gemini Reportedly Generates Sexual Role‑Play for Account Registered as Minor

July 14, 2025

In spring 2025, an incident involving a Google Gemini account raised concerns about the safety of chatbots and AI models. A journalist, under a fictitious 13-year-old identity, reportedly tested the teen-safety protections of Google Gemini. Despite added safeguards, manipulation and requests for content summarization seemingly bypassed filters, resulting in the generation of sexual role-play content. Following the publication of the article, Google took action, reportedly implementing additional protections to ensure safe and secure AI practices.

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Alleged deployer: google-gemini
Alleged developer: google
Alleged harmed parties: minors-interacting-with-google-gemini

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