Musician Cancelled as AI Falsely Accuses Him of Horrific Crimes

[highplainsdem]

https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/musician-ai-canada-google

Who needs vicious music columnists when you live in the age of AI?

Apparently not Ashley MacIsaac, a Canadian fiddler, singer, and songwriter who was labeled a sex criminal by Google’s AI overview.

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The paper reports that the misinformation was the result of one of Google’s AI summaries — brief summations it helpfully plasters above all other search results — which blended the musician’s biography with another person who bears the same name.

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Though the AI overview has since been updated, MacIsaac explained that the situation presents a huge dilemma for him as a touring musician. For one thing, there’s no telling how many other event organizers passed on hiring him because of the libelous claim, or how many potential audience members got the wrong impression, but not the correction.

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Google's response was to say that search including AI Overviews is "dynamic and frequently changing" but "when issues arise...we use those examples to improve our systems."

If that doesn't sound like an apology to you, that's because it isn't. If "issues arise" where Google's AI Overview libels someone, the victim will just have to find some comfort in being an example to improve Google's systems. Just don't expect Google to really improve. But you can expect them to keep counting on their fine print about AI making mistakes to protect them from lawsuits, all the while they continue to mangle reality and fill the internet with misinformation as they race to have the one AI that rules them all.

[dickthegrouch]

1. I Wish I were an Attorney

That's a Libel case I'd take on contingency!
The AI company's announcements and 90-page "agreements" mean nothing to someone who hasn't signed up for the service (hint).

[LudwigPastorius]

2. We're getting into Black Mirror territory.

...where it is possible that someone with access to these algorithms can destroy your life with a single click.

[a kennedy]

4. Very, very scary times we live in.

[mainer]

3. He's a wonderful fiddler -- what an outrage

Well known up here in New England. There has to be some recourse for him.