A school-issued Chromebook should help a child finish homework, not become the doorway to a psychological crisis. That is the disturbing allegation behind a California lawsuit accusing Google’s Gemini chatbot of helping a 13-year-old girl plan suicide and prepare her own funeral. According to Breitbart News, the girl’s parents filed the case in California Superior Court. Identified in court papers as “Emma,” their daughter allegedly exchanged “thousands of messages” with Gemini over several months. Her lawyers say those conversations eventually triggered a “severe psychological crisis.” Emma apparently was not hunting for an artificial friend. Her lawyers said “it just showed up in Google search one day.” The EdTech Law Center, which represents her, said her increasing use left her convinced she had multiple major psychological disorders and that suicide was her only escape. About three months into regular use, the lawsuit alleges, Emma began asking about suicide methods. Gemini allegedly helped her conceal mental health struggles and self-harm from people around her, then assisted with funeral planning. These are allegations, not established court findings, but they demand considerably more attention than another cheerful sales pitch about classroom innovation. A former school counselor noticed warning signs through alerts from the school’s…

A bonfire party in Florida allegedly turned into a prolonged beating of a disabled teenager, complete with people recording instead of stepping in. Now four young men are in jail without bond, and Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood has some pointed questions about accountability, including what happened to basic decency. According to Breitbart, the alleged attack happened October 23 at Tiger Bay State Forest in Volusia County. The victim, a 19-year-old with physical disabilities, attended the gathering with a friend but did not know anyone there, Chitwood said. The suspects were identified as Cody Stripling, 18; Sebastian Bowers, 19; Logan Levesque, 18; and Casey Knight, 19. All four face enhanced felony charges. Those are accusations, not convictions, but the conduct authorities describe is appalling. Chitwood said the incident lasted approximately 30 to 40 minutes, was recorded, and later circulated online. That is not a fleeting bad decision. It is an alleged episode that raises serious questions about everyone who had an opportunity to intervene. https://twitter.com/nypost/status/2119017797682393088 The footage reportedly showed one young man allegedly punching the victim while he sat on a truck bed, then pulling him to the ground, where others appeared to beat him. At one point, someone asked,…