Deepfake case study · Multi-modal
Robby Starbuck deepfake (Oct 2025)
Google's AI systems falsely called Robby Starbuck a 'child rapist,' 'serial sexual abuser' and 'shooter' in response to user queries and delivered defamatory statements to millions of users. Also, falsely connected…
- Incident date
- Oct 2025
- Target
- Robby Starbuck
Updated May 6, 2026 · 1 min read
Google's AI systems falsely called Robby Starbuck a 'child rapist,' 'serial sexual abuser' and 'shooter' in response to user queries and delivered defamatory statements to millions of users. Also, falsely connected him with white nationalist Richard Spencer. The chatbot said that he committed spousal abuse, attended the January 6 Capitol riots and appeared in the Jeffrey Epstein files, among other things.