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Crossposted from https://lemmy.ca/post/64377120

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/63748731

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

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[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 22 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Canadian fiddler sues Google after ~~AI Overview~~ the people who run Google wrongly claimed he was a sex offender

[–] FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world 40 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Did the AI just see "fiddler" and go zoomer-slang mode

[–] sidebro@lemmy.zip 18 points 3 hours ago

Googles AI: Fiddler, diddler, what's the difference

[–] RodgeGrabTheCat@sh.itjust.works 33 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Can one put a price on a damaged reputation? $1.5m is too small.

[–] WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today 14 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

Exactly. I can't believe he's going for such peanuts, especially after reading all the other crap that they associated him with.

Ashley MacIsaac, a three-time Juno award-winning musician, filed the claim in the Ontario superior court of justice, asserting that Google was liable for the “foreseeable republication” of its AI-generated Overview feature, which previously published defamatory claims that he had been convicted of multiple criminal offences, including the sexual assault of a woman, internet luring involving a child with the intention of sexual assaulting the child, and assault causing bodily harm.

≥Google’s AI Overview also wrongly stated that MacIsaac had been listed on the national sex offender registry for life, the lawsuit says.

[–] ivanvector@piefed.ca 4 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Big punitive settlements aren't really a thing in Canada. He probably already has to justify to the court how Google's action led to him actually losing $1.5m. If his claim for damages was unrealistic the case would just be tossed.

(obligatory IANAL)

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 6 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I anal too but please keep it on topic

:p

[–] dryfter@ani.social 2 points 54 minutes ago

I hate this response.

But I laughed. 🤣

[–] HeartyOfGlass@piefed.social 3 points 1 hour ago

Wrong kind of fiddler.

[–] RustyNova@lemmy.world 6 points 2 hours ago

Finally! Automated defamation lawsuits!