Worth Reading – AI and Liability
I’ve wondered this same thing over the years, and the German court appears to agree. It was easy to apply Section 230 when you were a carrier, a website that hosted bulletin boards, social media, etc., and showed people content they asked for with no input from you, but once you introduced an algorithm?
That seems like something different to me, but no one has ever ruled that way. Google AI search results, though? Yeah, I think if I ask Google a question about which mushrooms are poisonous and it comes back with an incorrect answer, it should be held responsible, not hide behind “well, you shouldn’t believe what we tell you.”
In the end, if we shouldn’t trust AI answers, why use AI for search? Using this as your legal argument gives the game away: Google is quickly killing its own product and selling us AI. But it doesn’t want to be held responsible for the damage it does when the AI gets it wrong.
Sorry, whether a court agrees or not, I don’t trust you.
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