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Landmark German ruling declares Google's AI Overviews are Google's own words and makes it liable for false answers (the-decoder.com)
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[โ€“] Flower@sh.itjust.works 41 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

And if Google complains that it's on the pieces of info they got from 3th parties that were wrong and name them, then the 3th parties are able to request compensation for using that info.

[โ€“] Th4tGuyII@fedia.io 41 points 18 hours ago

Exactly. Can't have it both ways.

If Google want to claim the liability falls with the source's its pulling from, then it should be taking explicit permission to cite these sources and be paying them.

Otherwise it's an AI-powered editorial, and that's on Google.

Though personally I'd be happy with the entire system being scrapped, as it only serves to fuck over small publishers and people's ability to search for and be critical of information.