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25th June 2026 - Link Blog
AI and Liability . Bruce Schneier on the recent German ruling that Google be held liable for errors introduced in their AI overviews:
AI agents are agents of the person or organization that deploys them—and should be treated by the law as such. If a company hired human writers to write its summaries, that company would be liable for inaccuracies in those summaries. [...]
To allow businesses to hide behind the excuse of faulty AI in those same circumstances would be a massive handout to companies, and would introduce disastrous incentives for corporate misbehavior. Why hire human writers, lawyers or doctors when AIs are not only cheaper, but also absolve employers whenever they make a mistake?
Posted 25th June 2026 at 10:28 pm
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