Nobody needs AI to search the Internet, court says in ruling against Google
Google AI Overview court loss in Germany could spell doom for AI search industry. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/06/nobody-needs-ai-to-search-the-internet-court-says-in-ruling-against-google/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
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@arstechnica "Potentially impacting all AI search engines and chatbots known to poorly paraphrase source links, a German court has ruled that Google is liable for false statements in AI Overviews."
Tbh this was also an issue with the non-AI overviews that would occasionally show an out-of-context snippet of a site. It's been a struggle for decades to convince people that "Google" is not actually an information source, just a search engine.
@arstechnica Searching is my primary use for Gemini! With one prompt I can get Gemini to pull from many places to get my answer instead of searching and having to manually go to a ton of sites and taking a LOT more time.
@arstechnica interesting
@arstechnica "After smearing publishers", libel is libel even if you use an algorithm to generate it
Also, how does right to be forgotten work with AI?
@arstechnica Accountability and responsibility are such core problems. It's telling that the tech industry does everything they can to minimize or avoid accountability and liability; they don't care that they're creating a world where nobody is accountable for or able to solve the problems their products cause.