alt Hacker News>it IS google's fault, because they have created and are directly publishing defamatory content
>how would you feel if someone searched for your name, and Google's first result states that you, unambiguously (by name and city) are a registered sex offender?
Suppose AI wasn't in the picture, and google was only returning a snippet of the top result, which was a slanderous site saying that you're a registered sex offender. Should google still be held liable? If so, should they be held liable immediately, or only after a chance to issue a correction?
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Yes, they should also be held liable, but clearly the case of AI is worse.
In your hypothetical, Google is only copying a snippet from a website. They're only responsible for amplifying the reach of that snippet.
In the OP case, Google are editorializing, which means it is clearly Google's own speech doing the libel.
That hypothetical scenario does not matter, it is a distraction from the real issue which is that Google’s tool produces defamatory text that is unsubstantiated by any material online.
The source of the defamatory text is Google’s own tool, therefore it is Google’s fault, and therefore they should be held liable immediately.
No, but the person Googles linking to should be held liable.
The article author could be sued. Gemeni cannot be.
Why would we suppose AI isn’t in the picture? You’re describing unrelated scenarios. Apples and oranges. You can’t wish away the AI and then conclude what’s happening is acceptable because of how something entirely unrelated has been treated in the past.
As a form of argument, this strikes me as pretty fallacious.
Are you claiming that the output of a model built by Google is somehow equivalent to displaying a 3rd party site in a search result?
That would depend on whether the snippet was presented as "this is a view of the other website" vs "this is some information"
In the latter case I'm fine with "yes" and "immediately". When you build a system that purports to give answers to real world questions, then you're responsible for the answers given.
information is from another website and may not be correct.