<![CDATA[A court in Munich declared that Google is liable for their "AI summaries" and all its hallucinations.]]>A court in Munich declared that Google is liable for their "AI summaries" and all its hallucinations. This is an important step to bring "AI" slop in line with all other products on the market: "AI" products are basically the only ones where a provider can just deliver unchecked garbage and put all the liability on the consumer. I hope to see aggressive change here.

https://the-decoder.com/landmark-german-ruling-declares-googles-ai-overviews-are-googles-own-words-and-makes-it-liable-for-false-answers/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/a5299674-b118-46ab-bbc5-e98209e6f4fd/a-court-in-munich-declared-that-google-is-liable-for-their-ai-summaries-and-all-its-hallucinations.RSS for NodeThu, 11 Jun 2026 03:07:45 GMTWed, 10 Jun 2026 07:40:47 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to A court in Munich declared that Google is liable for their "AI summaries" and all its hallucinations. on Wed, 10 Jun 2026 22:07:08 GMT]]>@sebastian@mastodon.cc @david_chisnall @tante

also,
Note that this is not a final court ruling, just a so called "preliminary injunction" (einstweilige Verfügung) by a relatively low-ranking court -
there are unfortunately many ways in which this could be overturned.

Court ruling:

https://the-decoder.de/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/26_O_869_26_begl_Abschrift_Urteil_v_28_05_2026_Geschwaerzt_Geschwaerzt_Geschwaerzt.pdf

context, german:

https://www.golem.de/news/google-stoererhaftung-gilt-nicht-fuer-ki-uebersicht-von-suchergebnissen-2606-209625.html

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.itu.dk/users/sebastian/statuses/116728085137180884https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.itu.dk/users/sebastian/statuses/116728085137180884Wed, 10 Jun 2026 22:07:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A court in Munich declared that Google is liable for their "AI summaries" and all its hallucinations. on Wed, 10 Jun 2026 20:21:10 GMT]]>@PeterLudemann @nosrednayduj @david_chisnall @tante Right, which is why I mentioned the different tool and the danger of eardrum puncture vs the added Q-tip danger of leaving the fibers in the ears.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://famichiki.jp/users/meredith/statuses/116727668434042619https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://famichiki.jp/users/meredith/statuses/116727668434042619Wed, 10 Jun 2026 20:21:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A court in Munich declared that Google is liable for their "AI summaries" and all its hallucinations. on Wed, 10 Jun 2026 19:21:03 GMT]]>@tante I can't wait for this to apply to ai encouraging suicide or school shootings, or giving fake diagnoses, etc.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/Moah/statuses/116727432075801021https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/Moah/statuses/116727432075801021Wed, 10 Jun 2026 19:21:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A court in Munich declared that Google is liable for their "AI summaries" and all its hallucinations. on Wed, 10 Jun 2026 19:13:55 GMT]]>@tante according to that applicable law, I can't see how a different outcome would have been possible.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.uno/users/carlopiana/statuses/116727403994511100https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.uno/users/carlopiana/statuses/116727403994511100Wed, 10 Jun 2026 19:13:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A court in Munich declared that Google is liable for their "AI summaries" and all its hallucinations. on Wed, 10 Jun 2026 18:59:43 GMT]]>@tante
Will be interesting to see how the Corpos will resolve this.

I am assuming the ruling becomes EU wide down the road.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/users/Green_Red_Black/statuses/116727348156496908https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/users/Green_Red_Black/statuses/116727348156496908Wed, 10 Jun 2026 18:59:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A court in Munich declared that Google is liable for their "AI summaries" and all its hallucinations. on Wed, 10 Jun 2026 17:49:22 GMT]]>@david_chisnall @tante can you please point me to the exact wording? I need it for a workshop I'm preparing, thanks!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/alesssia/statuses/116727071559457953https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/alesssia/statuses/116727071559457953Wed, 10 Jun 2026 17:49:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A court in Munich declared that Google is liable for their "AI summaries" and all its hallucinations. on Wed, 10 Jun 2026 17:37:38 GMT]]>@vekkq @tante this isn't at the start of the news show, it's after the drawing of the lottery numbers and it simply means that the numbers drawn aren't necessarily the final ones because there may have been some sort of error and new numbers might be drawn. So don't order that Porsche yet.

It's not something the news say at the beginning so that they can just make things up with impunity.

Apart from that I'm pretty sure that all public LLM interfaces contain such warnings already.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hespere.de/users/hllizi/statuses/116727025410571783https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hespere.de/users/hllizi/statuses/116727025410571783Wed, 10 Jun 2026 17:37:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A court in Munich declared that Google is liable for their "AI summaries" and all its hallucinations. on Wed, 10 Jun 2026 17:08:25 GMT]]>@david_chisnall
It’s fascinating what truths people suddenly find within themselves when lying has negative consequences. 😉

@tante

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://graz.social/users/Landa/statuses/116726910524620671https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://graz.social/users/Landa/statuses/116726910524620671Wed, 10 Jun 2026 17:08:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A court in Munich declared that Google is liable for their "AI summaries" and all its hallucinations. on Wed, 10 Jun 2026 17:05:33 GMT]]>@SteveClough @david_chisnall @tante I was once in Tokyo when there was a stoppage on a metro line and they were handling out tickets for other lines and apologizing profusely. And in both Japan and Canada, saying "I'm sorry" is not an admission of liability.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/PeterLudemann/statuses/116726899269177184https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/PeterLudemann/statuses/116726899269177184Wed, 10 Jun 2026 17:05:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A court in Munich declared that Google is liable for their "AI summaries" and all its hallucinations. on Wed, 10 Jun 2026 17:02:32 GMT]]>@meredith @nosrednayduj @david_chisnall @tante But East Asian earwax is different from European and African earwax, so the tools and techniques are different. https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/did-you-know-general-science/your-earwax-and-sweat-have-something-smelly-common

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/PeterLudemann/statuses/116726887356723512https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/PeterLudemann/statuses/116726887356723512Wed, 10 Jun 2026 17:02:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A court in Munich declared that Google is liable for their "AI summaries" and all its hallucinations. on Wed, 10 Jun 2026 17:00:51 GMT]]>@david_chisnall @tante politicians?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/allpoints/statuses/116726880753329310https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/allpoints/statuses/116726880753329310Wed, 10 Jun 2026 17:00:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A court in Munich declared that Google is liable for their "AI summaries" and all its hallucinations. on Wed, 10 Jun 2026 17:00:19 GMT]]>@tante the biggest german news show always starts with 'angaben ohne gewehr'.
google can do the same and legally just say: its information without guarantees or certainties.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/vekkq/statuses/116726878690806267https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/vekkq/statuses/116726878690806267Wed, 10 Jun 2026 17:00:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A court in Munich declared that Google is liable for their "AI summaries" and all its hallucinations. on Wed, 10 Jun 2026 16:39:46 GMT]]>Test recording
https://www.locutortv.es/
https://www.locutortv.com/
https://www.amorypoesia.es/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/1675https://forum.fedi.dk/post/1675Wed, 10 Jun 2026 16:39:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A court in Munich declared that Google is liable for their "AI summaries" and all its hallucinations. on Wed, 10 Jun 2026 16:29:23 GMT]]>@failedLyndonLaRouchite @tante local court, but international scope.

Lovely Liability .. love it

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://muenchen.social/users/p6/statuses/116726757022487491https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://muenchen.social/users/p6/statuses/116726757022487491Wed, 10 Jun 2026 16:29:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A court in Munich declared that Google is liable for their "AI summaries" and all its hallucinations. on Wed, 10 Jun 2026 16:13:43 GMT]]>@david_chisnall @tante I would love for someone to hold them to actually proving that statement.

Do people?

Does the general public, in fact, treat LLM output as just statistically likely text, not real information?

All of their advertisement sure seems to be designed to ensure people *don’t*, and instead put all their trust in this machine garbage.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.mallegolhansen.com/users/philip/statuses/116726695402254104https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.mallegolhansen.com/users/philip/statuses/116726695402254104Wed, 10 Jun 2026 16:13:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A court in Munich declared that Google is liable for their "AI summaries" and all its hallucinations. on Wed, 10 Jun 2026 16:08:31 GMT]]>@noodlemaz @tante Oh, for sure. I just never would have thought of it, because I was so preoccupied with the legal questions of theft, and how anything it says is almost always in the training data somewhere (or multiple somewheres).

I do think this ruling is a consequence of their efforts to convince people it is "intelligent". People wouldn't consider it something to listen to otherwise. It would just be an inconvenience, as it is for people who know better.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/ap/users/115708188881910739/statuses/116726674956807782https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/ap/users/115708188881910739/statuses/116726674956807782Wed, 10 Jun 2026 16:08:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A court in Munich declared that Google is liable for their "AI summaries" and all its hallucinations. on Wed, 10 Jun 2026 15:23:53 GMT]]>@eestileib @sabik @david_chisnall @tante

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/lymphomation/statuses/116726499449530745https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/lymphomation/statuses/116726499449530745Wed, 10 Jun 2026 15:23:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A court in Munich declared that Google is liable for their "AI summaries" and all its hallucinations. on Wed, 10 Jun 2026 15:12:06 GMT]]>@PerryNoID
If Google knowingly uses substandard or faulty tools that produce bad outcomes, those bad outcomes are Google‘s responsibility.

If I build and operate a soda vending machine that sometimes dispenses antifreeze in Fanta bottles, that’s on me too after all.

@tante

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://graz.social/users/Landa/statuses/116726453127116033https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://graz.social/users/Landa/statuses/116726453127116033Wed, 10 Jun 2026 15:12:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A court in Munich declared that Google is liable for their "AI summaries" and all its hallucinations. on Wed, 10 Jun 2026 15:09:03 GMT]]>@nosrednayduj @david_chisnall @tante I can tell I haven't had enough caffeine yet, because now my brain is going down the rabbit hole of "we have to clean our ears with Q-tips because getting it done safely at the doctor is not financially accessible to most Americans."

But Europeans probably do it too, and I know Asian countries have those little ear spoons which presumably have similar risks of eardrum puncture.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://famichiki.jp/users/meredith/statuses/116726441173537548https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://famichiki.jp/users/meredith/statuses/116726441173537548Wed, 10 Jun 2026 15:09:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A court in Munich declared that Google is liable for their "AI summaries" and all its hallucinations. on Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:56:51 GMT]]>@gimulnautti @tante This should be cemented on the EU level. It might get Google thinking about spreading lies.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/Herman/statuses/116726393150526884https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/Herman/statuses/116726393150526884Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:56:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A court in Munich declared that Google is liable for their "AI summaries" and all its hallucinations. on Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:55:32 GMT]]>@sabik @lymphomation @david_chisnall @tante

"But Science!" is just the new talking point for AI astroturf.

Notice how all the boosters started saying that and "jagged" at the same time?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/eestileib/statuses/116726387978906336https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/eestileib/statuses/116726387978906336Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:55:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A court in Munich declared that Google is liable for their "AI summaries" and all its hallucinations. on Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:53:28 GMT]]>@sebastian @david_chisnall @tante

I think the odds of that are zero, I'm assuming that Google will find someone to bribe before long.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/eestileib/statuses/116726379850421097https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/eestileib/statuses/116726379850421097Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:53:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A court in Munich declared that Google is liable for their "AI summaries" and all its hallucinations. on Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:51:41 GMT]]>@MeneerDeBruin @tante yes, and i think this is the point missed by many, that an LLM is paraphrazing or summarizing or inferring... including making stuff up, because it is designed to do so: it has a "sycophancy bias" (yes, a real thing) and "unanchors" itself from references so it can string together snippets in order to please users so they continue to engage with it. It does not speak truth, or curate, when it summarizes.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/clusterfcku/statuses/116726372853150134https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/clusterfcku/statuses/116726372853150134Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:51:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A court in Munich declared that Google is liable for their "AI summaries" and all its hallucinations. on Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:42:28 GMT]]>@david_chisnall @sabik @tante

I base my perspective on review articles published to journals. This is one of them with an image capture of the review articles conclusion. This one of many such published papers.

Review
Redefining Radiology: A Review of Artificial Intelligence
Integration in Medical Imaging

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/lymphomation/statuses/116726336614629773https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/lymphomation/statuses/116726336614629773Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:42:28 GMT