Two German courts now hold Google liable for what its AI overviews say

The Aachen Regional Court held Google liable for false statements in its AI overviews, applying the same reasoning as an earlier Munich ruling that Google had appealed and then settled, The Decoder reported. The Aachen case involved Google's AI falsely attributing criminal offenses to a doctor that actually involved someone else, and the two decisions establish a consistent German legal view treating Google's AI answers as the company's own content.

Google tried to overturn a landmark Munich ruling on AI search liability by appealing, then quietly settled. The strategy isn't working. The Aachen Regional Court just applied the exact same reasoning in a new case where Google's AI falsely attributed criminal offenses to a doctor that actually involved someone else. A consistent legal view is forming across German courts, and it treats Google's AI answers as the company's own content. The article Two German courts now hold Google liable for what its AI overviews say https://the-decoder.com/two-german-courts-now-hold-google-liable-for-what-its-ai-overviews-say/ appeared first on The Decoder https://the-decoder.com .