Dec. 12, 2025
AI defamation suits test anti-SLAPP shields and speaker rights
As AI-driven defamation suits emerge, courts must not only weigh who's accountable, but also whether anti-SLAPP laws -- and free speech protections -- apply when the speaker is a machine.
Judges have increasingly reprimanded attorneys for citing fictional cases in briefs generated by artificial intelligence (AI). In these situations, everyone agrees that attorneys should be held accountable. But what happens when AI technology generates false content that defames you or your business? How do we determine who should be accountable then? This is the novel question that courts are grappli...
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