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Regional Court: Google liable for AI summaries

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An AI-generated summary must be treated in exactly the same way as traditional search results from a legal perspective, say the judges. / © JHVEPhoto, Adobe Stock
19.6.2026

The search engine operator Google can be held directly liable for incorrect answers generated by its in-house artificial intelligence (AI). This was the ruling of the Munich I Regional Court.

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