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Google Ordered to Defend Robby Starbuck’s AI Defamation Suit (1)

AnnouncementPolicyJul 24, 2026

A Delaware judge allowed Robby Starbuck's defamation lawsuit against Google to proceed over false claims generated by Bard, a predecessor to Gemini. Judge Meghan A. Adams declined to dismiss Starbuck's allegations that the AI linked him to Richard Spencer and fabricated sexual assault accusations. The court recognized the case as opening "a new frontier for defamation law" but said initial stages rely on standard defamation precedents, deferring novel AI issues for now.

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