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.
  • Wilco@lemmy.zip
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    8 days ago

    This makes perfect sense. If you use AI to write a court document it has been set as precedence in multiple countries that the attorney signing the document is responsible for the content even if AI makes stuff up (which it does a lot).