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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)
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.
Capitalist justice systems are broken anyways and AI sucks so I don’t care too much but this ruling could benefit google and other tech giants on the long term. If it means that AI results have to be vetted so thoroughly that only tech giants can do it then it rules out all small competition.
It’d be similar to the ruling that online platforms are liable for all content that other people post on it. Only tech giants have the ability to immediately remove all harmful material and fight court battles if it goes wrong. A small nonprofit platform could be overwhelmed by harmful material and be held liable.
Facebook even lobbies for age restrictions on social media where platforms are responsible for checking every user’s age, because it allows them to harvest even more personal data from its users.
These rules are made to secure the tech giants oligarchy.
Eh. I don't think so. If they could thoroughly vet the "AI" results, then they wouldn't need "AI" in the first place.