Google Must Face Some Of Author’s Claim That AI Defamation Him, Judge Says

( September 15, 2026, 3:30 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — Google LLC must face a limited public figure’s claim that the company’s AI Overviews reported that he was serving a life sentence for the murder of three women, a federal judge in Illinois said Sept. 14 in partially denying a motion to dismiss, rejecting the artificial intelligence (AI) company’s arguments that the defamation case failed because the statements contained disclaimers, expressed uncertainty, cited sources and could not be taken as a statement of fact....