German media regulator says Google’s AI Overviews subject to German media law
BERLIN, July 14 (Reuters) - Germany’s media regulator said on Tuesday that Google’s AI Overviews and Perplexity AI are subject to the country’s media laws, stepping up scrutiny of AI-generated content after a German court found Google liable for inaccurate information produced by the feature. The Commission for Licensing and Supervision, ZAK, which represents Germany’s 14 state media authorities, said AI-generated news summaries and chatbot responses constitute content created by the providers themselves rather than merely displaying third-party material.
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BERLIN, July 14 (Reuters) - Germany’s media regulator said on Tuesday that Google’s AI Overviews and Perplexity AI are subject to the country’s media laws, stepping up scrutiny of AI-generated content after a German court found Google liable for inaccurate information produced by the feature. The Commission for Licensing and Supervision, ZAK, which represents Germany’s 14 state media authorities, said AI-generated news summaries and chatbot responses constitute content created by the providers themselves rather than merely displaying third-party material. The ruling follows increased scrutiny of AI-generated search summaries in Germany and elsewhere in Europe. In a separate case, a court in Munich held that Google could be directly liable for allegedly false statements generated by its AI Overview feature, finding that AI-produced summaries amounted to the company’s own content rather than a mere display of third-party information, according to German newspaper publishers’ association BDZV.
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- BERLIN, July 14 (Reuters) - Germany’s media regulator said on Tuesday that Google’s AI Overviews and Perplexity AI are subject to the country’s media laws, stepping up scrutiny of AI-generated content after a German court found Google liable for inaccurate information produced by the feature. The Commission for Licensing and Supervision, ZAK, which represents Germany’s 14 state media authorities, said AI-generated news summaries and chatbot responses constitute content created by the providers themselves rather than merely displaying third-party material.
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