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Canadian fiddler sues Google after AI Overview wrongly claimed he was a sex offender
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 05 May 2026
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Did the AI just see "fiddler" and go zoomer-slang mode
I knew exactly who it would be.
25 or 30 years ago he was in a bit of hot water for flashing people because he was wearing a kilt without anything under it while performing. That's probably all it took for the LLM to go down the garden path.
He's a bit of a character.
Googles AI: Fiddler, diddler, what's the difference
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