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Nobody needs AI to search the Internet, court says in ruling against Google (arstechnica.com)
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Potentially impacting all AI search engines and chatbots known to poorly paraphrase source links, a German court has ruled that Google is liable for false statements in AI Overviews.

The ruling came in a case flagged by The Decoder, where two publishers found that Google’s AI Overviews incorrectly linked them to scams and other sketchy business practices. After smearing publishers by making affirmative statements like “Yes, [it] is known for dubious business practices and is often perceived as a scam,” Google failed to correct the misleading output, even after the publishers sent a cease-and-desist letter earlier this year.

Google tried the usual arguments to shield itself from liability for false statements in AI Overviews, such as arguing that most users understand that AI outputs aren’t always accurate and must be verified.

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[–] owsei@programming.dev 34 points 2 days ago (2 children)

When search results are just links to content related to a topic, the provider isn't responsible for the accuracy of the content, which is created by others.

Maybe google should try to make a service that just shows links to useful pages to answer the search requests.

[–] Darkenfolk@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 days ago

Don't be ridiculous. what's next? Ownership of brought software instead of a License for use?

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

Like the Yellow Pages but for the internet!