<![CDATA[Another day of “#AI” companies ruining people’s lives.]]>Another day of “” companies ruining people’s lives. It will come as no surprise to regular readers that I’d like to see him be successful and an enormous punitive award.

’s “ feature… published that he had been convicted of … the sexual assault of a woman, internet luring involving a child with the intention of sexual assaulting the child, and assault causing bodily harm… listed on the national sex offender registry”

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Canadian fiddler sues Google after AI Overview wrongly claimed he was a sex offender

Ashley MacIsaac, who is seeking $1.5m in civil lawsuit, says inaccurate information led to concert cancellation

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the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/bcc22d68-5b70-4dfd-a88d-49bd1a02a651/another-day-of-ai-companies-ruining-people-s-lives.RSS for NodeThu, 14 May 2026 22:29:48 GMTTue, 05 May 2026 12:54:32 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Another day of “#AI” companies ruining people’s lives. on Tue, 05 May 2026 16:08:46 GMT]]>@fsinn another example of why it's aptly called "artificial" intelligence.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/pg1958/statuses/116522832784985517https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/pg1958/statuses/116522832784985517Tue, 05 May 2026 16:08:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Another day of “#AI” companies ruining people’s lives. on Tue, 05 May 2026 16:05:14 GMT]]>Another case:

“A retired journalist was falsely accused of serious crimes by Microsoft Copilot. The AI linked his name to criminal cases he once reported on and published personal details, including his address and phone number.”

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AI chatbot falsely accuses journalist of crimes

Microsoft Copilot falsely linked a journalist to crimes and exposed personal data - highlighting the dangers of AI hallucinations and weak regulation.

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dw.com (amp.dw.com)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/fsinn/statuses/116522818877796414https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/fsinn/statuses/116522818877796414Tue, 05 May 2026 16:05:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Another day of “#AI” companies ruining people’s lives. on Tue, 05 May 2026 13:26:09 GMT]]>@fsinn This is Ashley MacIsaac’s suit, I presume?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://zeroes.ca/users/tantramar/statuses/116522193340097719https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://zeroes.ca/users/tantramar/statuses/116522193340097719Tue, 05 May 2026 13:26:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Another day of “#AI” companies ruining people’s lives. on Tue, 05 May 2026 13:01:57 GMT]]>“As the creator & operator of the overview, Google is also liable for injuries & losses arising from the AI overview’s defective design… knew, or ought to have known, that [it] could return information that was untrue.”

“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 created & controls.”

This.

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