- Three men from Roseville, California were stranded overnight on Mount Shasta after relying on Google’s Gemini AI for route planning and packing, leading to a critical misstep according to the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office.
Three men from Roseville, California found themselves stranded overnight on Mount Shasta after using Google’s Gemini AI to plan their route and packing list, a misjudgment the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office called a “critical misstep.”
The novice climbers made base camp at 8,400 feet on Aug. 30 before setting out at 3 a.m. the next day with daypacks for the summit, filled with what Gemini recommended they bring. The group reached the top at 7 p.m. Sunday, five hours past the recommended noon turnaround, then began descending in the dark, according to ABC News.
About an hour into the descent, one hiker fell and injured his knee. The group called sheriff’s dispatch for directions but ultimately wandered off-route into the steep Mud Creek Canyon drainage, where they were forced to bivouac for the night with little to no shelter…