Conservative activist Robby Starbuck filed a lawsuit against Google, alleging the company’s artificial intelligence generated false information about him.
“Since 2023, [Google AI] (Bard, Gemini & Gemma), has been defaming me with fake criminal allegations including sexual assault, child rape, abuse, fraud, stalking, drug charges, and even saying I was in Epstein’s flight logs,” Starbuck wrote on X, emphasizing that the claims are “all 100% fake. All generated by Google’s AI. I have ZERO criminal record or allegations.”
“So why did Google do it? Google’s AI says that I was targeted because of my political views,” he wrote.
Starbuck added that Google executives knew of the false information for two years and received cease and desist letters numerous times.
“One of the most dystopian things I’ve ever seen is how dedicated their AI was to doubling down on the lies. Google’s AI routinely cited fake sources by creating fake links to REAL media outlets and shows, complete with fake headlines so readers would trust the information,” he added. “It would continue to do this even if you called the AI out for lying or sending fake links. In short, it was creating fake legacy media reports as a way to launder trust with users so they would believe elaborate lies that it told.”
Google spokesman José Castañeda told The Wall Street Journal that the inaccurate information is a “well-known issue for all [large language models], which we disclose and work hard to minimize.” He noted that if someone is “creative enough, you can prompt a chatbot to say something misleading.”
