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.

A German court has ruled that Google is directly liable for what its AI search overviews say. Previous case law shielding search engine operators from liability doesn’t apply to AI overviews.

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  • Mutalisk [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    16 hours ago

    Good. Back when they first added the AI overview, a Super Metroid romhack called “Super Metroid But I Hate You” was released and I wanted to watch a speedrunner’s vod of them playing it, so I googled “Super Metroid But I Hate You [speedrunner name]”.

    The AI overview replied with a 3 paragraph rant about how I must hate that speedrunner because I am a filthy casual incapable of appreciating skillful gameplay angery

    I am still recovering from the emotional damage and I WILL sue catgirl-hiss