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If an AI chatbot misleads you, who is to blame? | Bruce Schneier and Nathan E Sanders

2026-06-24 · AI (artificial intelligence) | The Guardian

A German court ruled Google is actually responsible for the nonsense its AI search summaries spit out, rejecting the classic tech bro defense of 'users should know better than to trust AI.' Turns out 'it's AI, what did you expect?' isn't a legal strategy. Welcome to the era where companies might actually have to answer for their chatbots' hallucinations.

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