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Google bug causes an editor to receive death threats
- sp332 5y ago"Editor"? He is a researcher who stopped the spread of WannaCry. Here are other examples of google claiming researchers wrote the malware that they were trying to stop: https://twitter.com/MalwareTechBlog/status/1415532146593173506 https://twitter.com/MalwareTechBlog/status/14155321465931735...
- tomaszs 5y agoThe Google snippet is than completely messed up. It looked like he was an editor
- thatguy0900 5y ago"At what point is AI generated stuff like this libelous?" Honestly a good question
- nullc 5y agoIn the US and in the case of a public figure: Never-- it requires actual malice in that case, and it would be hard to say the AI or its operators were experiencing malice. For a non-public figure, it probably already was-- but Google is generally immune from the legal consequences of its actions by virtue of being large enough and wealthy enough to litigate their opposition into bankruptcy.
- rasz 5y agoEasy mistake to make considering: Marcus “MalwareTech” Hutchins Pleads Guilty to Writing, Selling Banking Malware https://krebsonsecurity.com/2019/04/marcus-malwaretech-hutchins-pleads-guilty-to-writing-selling-banking-malware/ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2019/04/marcus-malwaretech-hutch...