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Conservative activist sues Google over AI-generated statements

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by Reuters

Robby Starbuck, a conservative activist, claimed that Google’s artificial intelligence systems gave him “outrageously false” information.

In response to user queries and defamatory statements made by millions of users, Starbuck claimed in the lawsuit filed in Delaware state court on Wednesday that Google’s AI systems falsely called him a “child rapist,” “serial sexual abuser,” and “shooter” in response to user queries.

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Most of the allegations, according to Google spokesman Jose Castaneda, were related to erroneous “hallucinations” from the Bard large language model, which the company worked to address in 2023.

According to Castaneda, “Hallucinations are a well-known issue for all LLMs, which we disclose and work hard to minimize.” However, it is well known that you can prompt a chatbot to say something offensive when you’re creative enough.

Starbuck is most known for its opposition to initiatives promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion.

In a statement regarding the lawsuit, he said, “Noone should ever experience this, regardless of their political beliefs.” “It is now for everyone to demand unbiased, transparent AI that won’t harm people.”

In a separate lawsuit filed in April, Starbuck alleges Meta Platforms. In accordance with the settlement, Starbuck and Meta reached a resolution in August, and the two companies received advice on AI issues.

In accordance with the complaint from Wednesday, Starbuck discovered in December 2023 that Bard had fabricated ties to white nationalist Richard Spencer. According to the lawsuit, Bard cited fabricated sources and that Google omitted the statements after Starbuck contacted the business.

According to Starbuck’s lawsuit, the Google-owned Gemma chatbot allegedly fabricated sexual assault allegations against him in August using fictitious sources. Starbuck alleges that the chatbot allegedly told him, among other things, that he had allegedly been a victim of spousal abuse, that he had been a witness to the Capitol riots on January 6, that he had been a member of, and that he had also been alleged in the Jeffrey Epstein files.

According to Starbuck, people have contacted him about believing some of the falsehoods, which could increase the threat to his life, given the recent assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

Starbuck requested at least $ 15 million in damages from the court.

The Starbuck lawsuit comes as a result of growing concerns that misinformation can be spread easily as a result of AI-generated content becoming simple to produce. According to Al Jazeera, Google’s VEO3 AI video maker made it possible for users to create fabricated videos of news events.

Kylie Jenner’s heartbreak as beloved dog Norman dies after almost 13 years

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The beloved dog Norman, who she had owned since she was 17 years old, passed away in the care of make-up mogul and billionaire Kylie Jenner.

A devastated Kylie Jenner announced her beloved dog Norman had died after almost 13 years. The Kylie Cosmetics founder, 28, took to her Instagram to share throwback snaps of her dog in multiple sweet scenarios as she shared how she had to ‘prepare herself’ as he got older.

She wrote: “In Loving Memory of My Sweet Norman. I still remember the day I brought you home. I had never loved anything so much. I always wanted an Italian Greyhound growing up, but my mommy never let me have one. Then, right after I turned 17, I got you for Christmas, and it was the best gift I could have ever received.

You gave my life and that of so many others a lot of pure joy, Normy. Despite being almost 13 years old, I am certain that you will stay with us forever.

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I regret not writing this post, Kylie said. I tried to prepare myself and was aware of your advancing age, but it’s difficult to lose your norm. Knowing that my children will meet and fall in love with you makes me happy.

“My sweet Normyyy.” You are so dear to me. My dear Normandle, rest in peace. I will always be in love with you. Fai and his twin sisters Simi and Haze shared heart emojis.

Amelia Hamlin, a model and a nepotist, wrote, “NORMYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY “Norman,” a fan wrote, “Kylie, I’m so sorry for your loss, we all saw him back in the day, and it’s so heartbreaking.”

Norman was the youngest Kardashian sister to first become a fan in 2014, and she has since shared her photos on social media with her other pets.

Kylie recently made a feature on Terror Jr’s new single, Fourth Strike, which was released on Monday night.

The businessman is best known for The Kardashians and her billion-dollar cosmetics line, which nods to her social media persona from 2014 to 2016.

The 2016 single Three Strikes, which was featured in a Kylie Cosmetics campaign and sparked rumors that Jenner was the singer in secret, was followed up by Fourth Strike by Terror Jr.

She performed the bridge and tied the track with a whispered “King Kylie,” which was confirmed this time.

She could be heard singing, “I just wanna tell you, I’m sorry/ Touch me, baby/tell me I’m your baby/ Write your name all over my body.”

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Edo Assembly Passes Bill To Re-Establish Customary Court Of Appeal

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The House of Assembly of Edo State has passed a bill to repeal the 2025 Customary Court of Appeal and enact a law to restore the state’s Customary Court of Appeal.

The committee of the whole took the bill into consideration and decided to adopt it clause by clause.

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The bill’s clerk, Alhaji Audu Omogbai, was given the order from the Speaker, Blessing Agbebaku, to send them to the governor of Edo State, Senator Monday Okpebholo, for his approval.

The House also received a report on a bill to establish the Edo State Property Protection Committee, which was presented to the House by Maria Edeko, a member representing the Esan North East II constituency, the chairman of the Committee on Security and Public Safety.

The report aims to address the issues relating to the protection of government buildings, properties, and other issues in addition to its four findings and one recommendation.

The chairman claimed that during their regular meetings, some gaps in the bill were found and appropriate amendments were made.

The committee’s amendments to the report were later approved by the House.

Syria arrests ex-military official in charge of notorious Sednaya prison

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Published On 22 Oct 2025

During the rule of former President Bashar al-Assad, Syrian authorities have said they have detained a former military official who is accused of carrying out detainee executions at the notorious Sednaya prison.

Major General Akram Salloum al-Abdullah was detained by the interior ministry in a statement released on Wednesday.

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He was cited as holding “several positions,” most notably as the defense ministry’s commander between 2014 and 2015, while the former regime was in power.

According to the ministry, Abdullah was “implicated in serious violations against detainees in Sednaya prison” and that he was “directly responsible for carrying out the executions of detainees inside Sednaya military prison” while serving as the military police commander.

Human slaughterhouse

One of the darkest aspects of al-Assad’s family rule, which ended with the death of Bashar al-Assad in December, the prison was located outside Damascus.

The facility has been referred to as a “human slaughterhouse” by Amnesty International, a rights organization.

Since 2011 when the country’s war broke out, murder, torture, extortion, and extermination have been common at the prison, according to a 2017 report from Amnesty International. These behaviors constitute crimes against humanity, according to the rights group.

According to former prison detainees, a 2014 report from Human Rights Watch confirmed these claims about the facility’s frequent mass deaths.

Sednaya Prison’s Association of Detainees and Missing Persons estimates that about 6, 000 people were detained there from 2011 to 2011, while only about 6, 000 have been released.

The others are still missing.

Abdullah is “the highest-ranked individual” to be detained over Sednaya to date, according to Diab Serriya, cofounder of the association.

Serriya claimed that the prison’s military police were in charge during Abdullah’s regime, and that many prisoners were subjected to torture and executions.

He claimed to the AFP news agency that “he is accountable for those crimes.”

Serriya added that during Abdullah’s rule, Sednaya’s so-called “salt rooms” were established as “served as warehouses for storing bodies pending their transfer to mass graves.”

50 to 100 people were executed daily in the prison, which largely housed political prisoners who opposed al-Assad’s rule, according to Syria’s Civil Defense, the White Helmets.

‘No One Has To Die Simply Trying To Live,’ Obi Mourns Tanker Explosion Victims

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Peter Obi, a former governor of Anambra State, has expressed condolences to the affected families and the government of Niger State for the Katcha gas tanker explosion that left over 42 people dead.

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Obi expressed sadness and pain over “poverty continues to force our people into circumstances where they must risk their lives to survive.”

He believes that no one should simply attempt to live.

“I send my deepest condolences to the governor of Niger State, the affected communities, and the families who lost loved ones. In a post on X, he wrote, “It is both sad and painful that poverty continues to put our people in dangerous situations where they must risk their lives to survive.”

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Fuel tanker shattered by fire

The Labour Party’s (LP) candidate for president in 2023 called the tragedies “almost daily” in our country heartbreaking.

According to Obi, “Those in power frequently respond with silence and indifference because the loss of lives has become so frequent.”

“This is unacceptable.” I make a second-time plea to the leaders to show more compassion, empathy, and responsibility.

Read more about Sanwo-Olu’s comments to the Niger governor and the families of the victims of the tanker explosion.

We must continue to work toward creating a world where everyone lives in dignity.

“These unrecurring tragedies should remind us of our collective responsibility to build a Nigeria where no one has to die merely by trying to survive.”

“May all those who lost their lives rest peacefully, and may their families find strength and comfort.” Amen”.

Katcha Tragedy

Over 60 people were hurt in the incident, which happened along the Agaie–Bida road in the state’s Katcha LGA, when an articulated vehicle exploded in the Essa community.

Fuel tanker shattered by fire

Before the tanker caught fire, many of the victims were attempting to collect fuel from it.

For treatment, the injured were transported to Essa Primary Health Care Center, Idris Private Hospital, and the Federal Medical Center (FMC) in Bida.

The state of the road was the subject of intense ire from the drivers.

The tanker’s fire caused destruction

Ibrahim Gaawu, a leader in the Essa community, called for the government to immediately halt its efforts after describing the highway as a “death trap.”

42 people were killed and many others were hurt when the tanker exploded right away. Despite the millions of dollars spent on it, this road, which was constructed in 1923 and was last reconstructed ten years ago, is in terrible condition.

After ICJ ruling, can UN relief agency UNRWA resume full Gaza operations?

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The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has issued an advisory opinion saying that Israel must support United Nations relief efforts in Gaza, including those conducted by the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), regarding Israel’s legal responsibilities towards UN agencies and other international organisations operating in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip.

The court found that Israel’s allegations against UNRWA – including that it had been complicit in the Hamas-led October 7, 2023 attack on Israel – were unsubstantiated.

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“The court finds that Israel has not substantiated its allegations that a significant part of UNRWA’s employees are ‘ members of Hamas … or other terrorist factions'”, said ICJ President Yuji Iwasawa.

The court also said that Israel, as the occupying power, had to ensure that the “basic needs” of the Palestinian population of Gaza were met, “including the supplies essential for survival”, such as food, water, shelter, fuel, and medicine.

A number of countries had halted funding for UNRWA after Israel’s accusations, jeopardising one of Gaza’s most desperately needed lifelines.

Israel was also able to use the accusation to effectively ban the agency from the enclave – as well as the occupied West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem – in January of this year, forcing Gaza’s population to rely even further upon Israel for the food, aid and resources needed to sustain life.

Israel has severely restricted the entry of aid into Gaza, leading to a famine that now affects children, the sick and the vulnerable in the enclave.

What did UNRWA do in Gaza?

Before Israel banned it from bringing in aid into Gaza, UNRWA was Gaza’s main provider of humanitarian and social services. It supported about 1.4 million Palestinian refugees, operating schools serving some 300, 000 children, health clinics offering primary care and vaccinations, and large-scale food and cash assistance programmes.

UNRWA also helped coordinate shelter and relief efforts, run community and mental health initiatives and, under the face of Israeli blockade, served as a de facto public service provider.

The UN agency has however said that it is able to carry on operating in Gaza and elsewhere, although it is heavily restricted.

Does the ICJ ruling mean that UNRWA will fully resume operations?

That is not clear.

According to a statement issued by UNRWA’s Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini in the wake of what he called the ICJ’s “unambiguous” ruling, Israel “is under an obligation to agree to and facilitate relief schemes provided by the United Nations and its entities, in particular UNRWA”.

But the decision issued by the ICJ is an advisory opinion, and the world court has no power to enforce it.

In a statement put out on social media, Israel’s foreign affairs spokesperson, Oren Marmorstein, claimed that Israel categorically rejected the ICJ’s opinion.

In addition to repeating Israel’s prior accusations against UNRWA without adding any corroborating evidence, Marmorstein went on to claim that Israel “fully upholds its obligations under International Law. Israel vehemently rejects international law’s politicization, which seeks to impose laws that would harm the State of Israel.

Does Israel uphold international law?

Not in the opinion of many.

Global legal authorities have repeatedly charged Israel of completely breaking international law in addition to its illegal occupation of Palestinian territory. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defense minister Yoav Gallant are both facing international warrants for crimes against humanity in addition to widespread allegations of torture, arbitrary execution, collective punishment, and using food as a weapon of war.

None of them address the genocide charge that the ICJ is currently considering and that has been supported by numerous organizations, including Amnesty International and the International Association of Genocide Scholars.

Is this the first time Israel has refuted a UNRWA accusation?

It doesn’t.

Two investigations in 2024, led by former French foreign minister Catherine Colonna in April and the Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) in August, both found no conclusive evidence to back up Israel’s claims, despite the latter acknowledging that some individual employees may have been involved.

What nations halted or halted UNRWA’s funding as a result of Israel’s accusations?

Major donors for the UN agency, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, and the European Union (EU), all halted or suspended funding in response to Israel’s claims.

After Israel was unable to provide evidence to support its claim, the majority of its funding, including Canada, Sweden, Australia, and the EU, resumed.

What kind of harm has been caused?

We might never be aware.

Since Israel’s assault on Gaza began two years ago, it has directly killed more than 68 000 people. More than a hundred others have died from hunger or other chronic conditions that could have been treated with sufficient aid.