A German regional court has ruled that Google is directly liable for the content of its AI search overviews. According to the court, previous limited liability protections for search engine operators don't apply to AI overviews. In this case, Google's AI had falsely linked two publishers to fraud and made claims that didn't appear in any of the linked sources. The ruling could set a precedent for AI-generated content liability worldwide.
  • Sturgist@lemmy.caEnglish
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    5 months ago

    I literally laughed out loud reading the headline. Good shit, hopefully the Find Out season will carry on at this kinda pace. Probably won’t, but it’d be nice to see.

    • DrunkenPirate@feddit.orgEnglish
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      5 months ago

      A German regional court has ruled that Google is directly liable for false claims in its AI-generated search overviews.

      Unfortunately, the regional court is the lowest court stage. This will climb up until highest German court and after this to the EU court, I expect to see.

      Being then a „Grundsatzurteil“ that is leading all courts in Germany. Our legal system isn’t case driven.

    • Miaou@jlai.luEnglish
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      5 months ago

      It’s Germany, they’ll just find a way to blame Brussels and throw more money at the US as an apology.

  • artyom@piefed.socialEnglish
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    5 months ago

    All they need to do is use the exact text from the answers and attribute them to the source…