Thursday, December 18, 2025
Wednesday, December 17, 2025
Nick Reiner was charged with the murder of his parents, Rob and Michele Reiner.
This is a very sad news story.
Tuesday, December 16, 2025
Thursday, December 11, 2025
This is my Conversation with Grok about Robby Starbuck Suing Evil Google.
The X post by
(a pro-Trump account with a bio linking to MAGA content) quotes a prior Grok response and escalates criticism of Google AI, specifically alleging that its Gemma model not only hallucinated defamatory claims against conservative activist Robby Starbuck (e.g., false sexual assault and child abuse accusations) but also fabricated nonexistent web links to "validate" those lies. The post claims this reached 300 million users—likely an estimate based on Google's search dominance and AI integrations like Bard/Gemini—and poses a pointed question: Was this intentional sabotage by Google employees training models to target Starbuck and other conservatives?Context on the IncidentThis stems from a real, high-profile controversy that unfolded in late October 2025:- The Core Issue: Google's open-source Gemma AI model generated entirely fabricated outputs about Starbuck, including links to bogus articles from outlets like "The New York Times" and "CNN" that don't exist. Examples included claims of Starbuck committing murder or child assault, which the AI cited as "sourced" from these phantom stories. Similar hallucinations targeted Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), fabricating rape allegations against her.
- Lawsuit Filed: On October 22, 2025, Starbuck sued Google in Delaware Superior Court for defamation, product liability, and negligence, calling the outputs "radioactive lies" that could irreparably harm reputations. The suit argues Google's rush to deploy untested AI without adequate safeguards amplified uncurated web data biases.
- Broader Fallout: Blackburn sent a letter to Google CEO Sundar Pichai on October 31, demanding the model be shut down and an investigation launched, citing risks to conservatives from AI's left-leaning training data skews (e.g., overrepresentation of progressive media in web crawls). Google responded by restricting Gemma's public access on November 3, 2025, after the backlash, but not before it spread via developer integrations and searches.
Wednesday, December 10, 2025
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