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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://toot.cafe/users/baldur/statuses/116725424880586949">Baldur Bjarnason (baldur@toot.cafe)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Jun-2026 21:51:20 JST</a><a href="https://toot.cafe/@baldur" title="baldur@toot.cafe"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/7854-48-20230802140505.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Baldur Bjarnason" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Baldur Bjarnason</a></section><article><p>Apparently, this isn't because of "AI" or privacy regulations but because German courts decided that third party liability shields don't apply to "AI" summaries published by Google itself</p><p>This should not come as a surprise, I and others warned about this</p><p>I wrote this (see image) in The Intelligence Illusion back in 2023 (<a href="https://illusion.baldurbjarnason.com/" rel="nofollow">https://illusion.baldurbjarnason.com/</a>)</p><p>"Landmark German ruling declares Google's AI Overviews are Google's own words and makes it liable for false answers"</p><p><a href="https://the-decoder.com/landmark-german-ruling-declares-googles-ai-overviews-are-googles-own-words-and-makes-it-liable-for-false-answers/" rel="nofollow">https://the-decoder.com/landmark-german-ruling-declares-googles-ai-overviews-are-googles-own-words-and-makes-it-liable-for-false-answers/</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/6466420#notice-12729646">In conversation</a><time datetime="2026-06-10T21:51:20+09:00" title="Wednesday, 10-Jun-2026 21:51:20 JST">about 11 days ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://toot.cafe/@baldur/116725424880586949" rel="external" title="Sent from toot.cafe via ActivityPub">toot.cafe</a></span></span><a href="https://toot.cafe/@baldur/116725424880586949">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: the-decoder.com</div><h5><a href="https://the-decoder.com/landmark-german-ruling-declares-googles-ai-overviews-are-googles-own-words-and-makes-it-liable-for-false-answers/">Landmark German ruling declares Google's AI Overviews are Google's own words and makes it liable for false answers</a></h5><div> from <span>Matthias Bastian</span></div></header><div>A German regional court has ruled that Google is directly liable for the content of its AI search overviews. According to the court, previous limited liability protections for search engine operators don't apply to AI overviews. In this case, Google's AI had falsely linked two publishers to fraud and made claims that didn't appear in any of the linked sources. The ruling could set a precedent for AI-generated content liability worldwide.</div><footer></footer></article></li><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/6160558">Screenshot from a PDF of the Intelligence Illusion containing the following text:"Section 230, and similar laws in other countries, let hosting companies host without being liable for what their customers upload. Without those laws, social media networks and search engines would not exist. In most countries these laws have some limits, but overall what they mean is that you aren’t legally liable for the comments that somebody posts on your service.""One problem with integrating generative models into your product, especially a hosted product, is that many of the uses of AI are likely to fall outside these protections. If somebody gets your online AI chat widget to talk like a genocidal Nazi, you might be as liable for that as if you had published pro-genocide Nazi propaganda yourself. That would mean that exposing these tools to your customers risks exposing you to enormous legal liability."</a></label><br><a href="https://assets.toot.cafe/media_attachments/files/116/725/418/014/094/771/original/fea7e4d543fd9241.png" rel="external">https://assets.toot.cafe/media_attachments/files/116/725/418/014/094/771/original/fea7e4d543fd9241.png</a></li><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: illusion.baldurbjarnason.com</div><h5><a href="https://illusion.baldurbjarnason.com/">The Intelligence Illusion (Second Edition): Why generative models are bad for business</a></h5><div> from <span>@fakebaldur</span></div></header><div>Available in PDF and EPUB</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Baldur Bjarnason (baldur@toot.cafe)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Jun-2026 21:51:20 JST Baldur Bjarnason
Apparently, this isn't because of "AI" or privacy regulations but because German courts decided that third party liability shields don't apply to "AI" summaries published by Google itself
This should not come as a surprise, I and others warned about this
I wrote this (see image) in The Intelligence Illusion back in 2023 (https://illusion.baldurbjarnason.com/)
"Landmark German ruling declares Google's AI Overviews are Google's own words and makes it liable for false answers"
https://the-decoder.com/landmark-german-ruling-declares-googles-ai-overviews-are-googles-own-words-and-makes-it-liable-for-false-answers/
In conversationabout 11 days ago from toot.cafepermalink
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  Landmark German ruling declares Google's AI Overviews are Google's own words and makes it liable for false answers
  from Matthias Bastian
  A German regional court has ruled that Google is directly liable for the content of its AI search overviews. According to the court, previous limited liability protections for search engine operators don't apply to AI overviews. In this case, Google's AI had falsely linked two publishers to fraud and made claims that didn't appear in any of the linked sources. The ruling could set a precedent for AI-generated content liability worldwide.
2. Screenshot from a PDF of the Intelligence Illusion containing the following text: "Section 230, and similar laws in other countries, let hosting companies host without being liable for what their customers upload. Without those laws, social media networks and search engines would not exist. In most countries these laws have some limits, but overall what they mean is that you aren’t legally liable for the comments that somebody posts on your service." "One problem with integrating generative models into your product, especially a hosted product, is that many of the uses of AI are likely to fall outside these protections. If somebody gets your online AI chat widget to talk like a genocidal Nazi, you might be as liable for that as if you had published pro-genocide Nazi propaganda yourself. That would mean that exposing these tools to your customers risks exposing you to enormous legal liability."
  https://assets.toot.cafe/media_attachments/files/116/725/418/014/094/771/original/fea7e4d543fd9241.png
3. Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: illusion.baldurbjarnason.com
  The Intelligence Illusion (Second Edition): Why generative models are bad for business
  from @fakebaldur
  Available in PDF and EPUB

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