Judge allows Jimmy Keene's defamation suit against Google to proceed

In the United States, a federal judge in Illinois ruled that author Jimmy Keene's defamation lawsuit against Google can proceed. Keene alleged that Google's AI Overviews falsely stated he was serving a life sentence and was convicted of drug trafficking. The court found that these statements were factual assertions and that Keene's notifications to Google could support a claim of actual malice. One AI Overview was dismissed as substantially true.