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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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[–] ziggurter@hexbear.net 5 points 3 days ago

If this sticks, it could throw a major monkeywrench into Google's plan to replace its search engine with pure AI prompting. I suspect every liberal government (very much including Germany) is ultimately going to cave to the capitalists, though.