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Google AI Overview made up an elaborate story about me

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693 points jsheard | 2 comments | 01 Sep 25 14:27 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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blibble ◴[01 Sep 25 14:56 UTC] No.45093155[source]▶
the "AI" bullshitters need to be liable for this type of wilful defamation

and it is wilful, they know full well it has no concept of truthfulness, yet they serve up its slop output directly into the faces of billions of people

and if this makes "AI" nonviable as a business? tough shit

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oxguy3 ◴[01 Sep 25 15:27 UTC] No.45093489[source]▶
The AI summaries in Google aren't presented as wild hallucinations; they show up in an authoritative looking box as an answer to the query you just typed. The New York Times wouldn't be able to get out of libel suits by adding a tiny disclaimer to their masthead; why should it be different for Google?
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1. atq2119 ◴[01 Sep 25 15:44 UTC] No.45093662{4}[source]▶
Google aren't advertising their search as "for entertainment purposes only" though.

And even if they did, it wouldn't really matter. The way Google search is overwhelmingly used in practice, misinformation spread by it is a public hazard and needs to be treated as such.

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2. gruez ◴[01 Sep 25 15:55 UTC] No.45093779[source]▶
>Google aren't advertising their search as "for entertainment purposes only" though.

So you accept that all of this is just a quibble over what the disclaimer says? Rather than "AI generated, might contain mistakes", it should just say "for entertainment purposes only" and they'll be in the clear?