Google Ordered to Defend Starbuck’s AI Defamation Suit
On July 24, 2026, Google lost its bid to escape activist Robby Starbuck’s AI defamation case, which seeks to impose liability for false statements made about him by Google’s AI chatbots. Delaware Superior Court judge Meghan A. Adams noted that this dispute opened “a new frontier for defamation law, in which artificial intelligence tools are allegedly employed to effectuate the defamatory ends of their makers.” The Court’s order paves the way for discovery, which is anticipated to lift the veil on the design and operation of Google’s AI systems.