Post #2015621
2026-05-05 13:15 UTC
Cape Breton fiddler Ashley MacIsaac has sued Google for defaming him with AI, over his cancelled concert in December caused by Google’s AI overview calling him a sex offender.
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@gerikson@awful.systems 2026-05-05 13:55
that's a horrifying situation to be in... good on the community who originally cancelled his show for apologizing
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@swlabr@awful.systems 2026-05-05 16:12
If you asked me to guess the kind of kerfuffle the might develop between a Cape Breton fiddler and AI, I would have answered, well, my entire knowledge of Cape Breton fiddling is based on the paper “Cape Breton Fiddling and Intellectual Property Rights”, so my guess would be just “the normal AI stuff”. And I’d be totally wrong and reminded that just because I know one thing about something doesn’t mean it’s the only thing.