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AI overviews cites it's sources though...


Yes, AI would never list irrelevant sources and fabricate links.

https://blog.platinumids.com/blog/ai-hallucination-crisis-co...


AI overviews automatically produces links to it's sources for each statement, so it's trivial to check.


so it's trivial to check.

It's trivial to use a search engine instead of AI. But people still use AI to save the time needed to read and check.

But in any case, none of this absolves slander. The legal burden of proof is still on the source --- which is AI.


And often still makes claims that completely contradict those sources it's "citing".




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