Google tried to overturn a landmark Munich ruling on AI search liability by appealing, then quietly settled. The strategy isn't working. The Aachen Regional Court just applied the exact same reasoning in a new case where Google's AI falsely attributed criminal offenses to a doctor that actually involved someone else. A consistent legal view is forming across German courts, and it treats Google's AI answers as the company's own content.
  • A_norny_mousse@piefed.socialEnglish
    126·
    15 days ago

    Google is directly liable for the content of its AI-generated search summaries.

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    The judges classified AI Overviews not as mere search results but as Google’s own statements, meaning the company itself has to answer for them.

    GOOD. The world is not Big Tech’s sandbox.

    • Zak@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10·
      14 days ago

      I have long supported old-style platform immunity protecting providers from liability for the content of a search result, forum post, or the like.

      Both individually tailored content recommendation algorithms and LLM output are different, and companies should be liable for the output of both when they’re used in the way social media platforms and search engines are currently using them.