Canadian fiddler sues Google after AI Overview wrongly claimed he was a sex offender
3h 27m ago by feddit.org/u/RockBottom in fuck_ai from www.theguardian.com
Crossposted from https://lemmy.ca/post/64377120
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/63748731
Ashley MacIsaac, who is seeking $1.5m in civil lawsuit, says inaccurate information led to concert cancellation
Did the AI just see "fiddler" and go zoomer-slang mode
Googles AI: Fiddler, diddler, what's the difference
Can one put a price on a damaged reputation? $1.5m is too small.
Exactly. I can't believe he's going for such peanuts, especially after reading all the other crap that they associated him with.
Ashley MacIsaac, a three-time Juno award-winning musician, filed the claim in the Ontario superior court of justice, asserting that Google was liable for the “foreseeable republication” of its AI-generated Overview feature, which previously published defamatory claims that he had been convicted of multiple criminal offences, including the sexual assault of a woman, internet luring involving a child with the intention of sexual assaulting the child, and assault causing bodily harm.
Google’s AI Overview also wrongly stated that MacIsaac had been listed on the national sex offender registry for life, the lawsuit says.
Big punitive settlements aren't really a thing in Canada. He probably already has to justify to the court how Google's action led to him actually losing $1.5m. If his claim for damages was unrealistic the case would just be tossed.
(obligatory IANAL)
I anal too but please keep it on topic
:p
I hate this response.
But I laughed. 🤣
Canadian fiddler sues Google after AI Overview the people who run Google wrongly claimed he was a sex offender
Finally! Automated defamation lawsuits!
Wrong kind of fiddler.