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.
    • merc@sh.itjust.works
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      7 days ago

      I hope for the one-two punch of:

      1. they’re legally responsible for anything the slop machine says
      2. the slop is machine generated, so it isn’t copyrightable

      Also, we got a third benefit if this ruling too. Google said, on the record, that it shouldn’t be responsible because you can’t trust anything that the slop-generator generates. Having that on the record could also be useful in a lot of other lawsuits.