Conservative activist Robby Starbuck landed a major legal victory against Google on Friday as his defamation lawsuit will be able to move forward, according to a Delaware Superior Court ruling.Last October, Starbuck filed a suit against Google seeking at least $15 million, alleging the company’s artificial intelligence programs defamed him by falsely portraying him as a "monster" to millions of users in the form of "AI hallucinations.""The Court views these allegations as sufficient to support a claim for emotional distress damages at this stage in the proceedings, being sufficiently well-pled to proceed to discovery and flesh out the allegations," Judge Meghan Adams ruled in the court filing.GOOGLE HIT WITH LAWSUIT OVER AI 'HALLUCINATIONS' LINKING CONSERVATIVE ACTIVIST TO CHILD ABUSE CLAIMSConservative activist Robby Starbuck is seeking at least $15 million in his defamation lawsuit against Google.(Bess Adler/Bloomberg via Getty Images)Starbuck touted the victory towards discovery on social media."Was it directed to lie about me due to political bias, as their AI alleged? Was it a rogue programmer? A negligently released product? An executive demanding this? Poisoned training? A political bias operation? We don’t know the answers to those questions yet but in discovery we get to find those answers and depose the people relevant to our case," Starbuck wrote on X.
"Sunlight is the best disinfectant, and it’s about to get bright in here.Discovery means we get to find out what Google knew, who knew it and why they allowed their AI products to continue spreading these horrific lies."ROBBY STARBUCK ON WHY HE SUED GOOGLE: 'OUTRAGEOUSLY FALSE' INFORMATION THROUGH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCEStarbuck later wrote, "Google is one of the most powerful companies on earth.
It may even be THE most powerful.But today, on July 24th 2026, they failed to shut the courthouse doors on us.
In short, David landed a shot on Goliath today.Why? Not because David is so great but becau...