Comment by jqpabc123
5 days ago
it’s ridiculous to create liability for AI chatbots.
Liability isn't being *created* here, it has existed legally for a very long time.
False information can cause real harm --- and the legal burden of proof is on the source.
Search engines were provided legal exemption on the basis that they were simply quoting/referencing 3rd party sources who where legally liable for the content.
LLM chatbots legally exceed these bounds by fabricating info/content on their own ---data that does not exist elsewhere. This is a liability issue waiting to happen as there is no other responsible party/source to blame.
AI overviews cites it's sources though...
Yes, AI would never list irrelevant sources and fabricate links.
https://blog.platinumids.com/blog/ai-hallucination-crisis-co...
AI overviews automatically produces links to it's sources for each statement, so it's trivial to check.
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And often still makes claims that completely contradict those sources it's "citing".