German ruling declares Google liable for false answers in AI Overviews

Post by MYEUHD » Wed, Jun 10, 2026, 6:55 AM UTC

ozgrakkurt wrote: post #218

andrewmutz wrote: post #101

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I think it's a completely reasonable position that companies making self-driving cars and question/answer systems are legally liable for any errors. But if you hold that position, you also have to be fine with companies not offering products and services in your country. AI systems will eventually be good enough (in 10-20 years) for companies to be able to deploy such systems with sufficient accuracy to afford the la…

> AI systems will eventually be good enough (in 10-20 years) for companies to be able to deploy such systems with sufficient accuracy to afford the lawsuits. This doesn’t sound convincing. What AI and what company? LLMs don’t seem like they will ever be reliable like that. Self driving like waymo might be?

Post by l23k4 » Wed, Jun 10, 2026, 6:57 AM UTC

Phelinofist wrote: post #206

l23k4 wrote: post #163

Wow, you guys really think this is good? Because of the same rules, German restaurants also get to pick and choose which reviews stay up. They can literally take down any specific reviews they like. A restaurant that mostly gets 1 star reviews will still show up with 5 stars on Google maps, as they will simply delete the reviews with less than 5 stars as defamatory. Here's a couple of examples: https://www.reddit.com…

But it also shows the number of removed reviews (in a range like 0-50, 50-100 and so forth). If you encounter a restaurant with 5 starts but a lot of removed reviews you know whats up.

Post by l23k4 » Wed, Jun 10, 2026, 7:01 AM UTC

nixass wrote: post #201

l23k4 wrote: post #164

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Not all disputes need to be adjudicated. It's undoubtedly a fact that the German concept of "defamation" primarily relates to situations that should never be adjudicated by any third party. Genuinely, by far the most common situation where claims of defamation arise in Germany is any less than 5 star review left to a business on google maps.

The good thing is that google in Germany now shows how many reviews were removed due to deflamation. That should be enough for people to make their judgement when checking how many stars a place has

Post by broken-kebab » Wed, Jun 10, 2026, 7:12 AM UTC

SllX wrote: post #183

broken-kebab wrote: post #161

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Important for whom exactly? If it's you who are called convicted pedo by Google AI summary, it's you who has vital interest in additional research but not me who reads it. There's intentions mismatch. Which probably would destroy your life, and you won't call it "entertainment" then, I think.

Strawmen are for scaring off the crows, not discussion fodder. Take it out to the farm where it belongs.

Post by aleph_minus_one » Wed, Jun 10, 2026, 7:17 AM UTC

Swizec wrote: post #18

Good. The true mark of AGI is when a company accepts liability and doesn’t bury “for entertainment purposes only” deep in their TOS. Same as it works with employees. Same for self-driving. Your car is not self-driving until it accepts liability and you count as just a passenger. But watch as Germany soon loses AI Google results.