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Canadian fiddler sues Google after AI deemed him a sex offender (faroutmagazine.co.uk)
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[–] nulluser@lemmy.world 56 points 1 day ago (1 children)

“If a human spokesperson made these false allegations on Google’s behalf, a significant award of punitive damages would be warranted. Google should not have lesser liability because the defamatory statements were published by software that Google created and controls.”

[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 hours ago

That’s the entire point of AI. Companies know it sucks but they can launder their irresponsible decisions through it.