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So, who do you sue if something like that happens?

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>Cape Breton fiddler Ashley MacIsaac says he may have been defamed by Google after it recently produced an AI-generated summary falsely identifying him as a sex offender. The Juno Award-winning musician said he learned of the online misinformation last week after a First Nation north of Halifax confronted him with the summary and cancelled a concert planned for Dec. 19. "You are being put into a less secure situation because of a media company — that's what defamation is," MacIsaac said in a telephone interview, adding he was worried about what might have happened had the erroneous content surfaced while he was trying to cross an international border.

So, who do you sue if something like that happens? Archive: https://archive.today/Onhcd From the post: >>Cape Breton fiddler Ashley MacIsaac says he may have been defamed by Google after it recently produced an AI-generated summary falsely identifying him as a sex offender. The Juno Award-winning musician said he learned of the online misinformation last week after a First Nation north of Halifax confronted him with the summary and cancelled a concert planned for Dec. 19. "You are being put into a less secure situation because of a media company — that's what defamation is," MacIsaac said in a telephone interview, adding he was worried about what might have happened had the erroneous content surfaced while he was trying to cross an international border.

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I love the statement from Google.

When issues arise — like if our features misinterpret web content or miss some context — we use those examples to improve our systems, and may take action under our policies.

Oops, sorry. We’ll do better next time, we swear. Sorry we nearly ruined your life.

The only way for them to keep offering these LLM tools is to put a prominent disclaimer on them warning people that they are completely unreliable. If they do that people will stop thinking the tools are magical and charade is over.

MacIsaac said some law firms have already contacted him about taking up his defamation case. I’m looking forward to seeing how this plays out.