I think it’s pretty bad for the AI to write allegations of criminal or objectionable behavior (“Torres harassed and stalked Peter Boghossian...” etc.) in its own voice, as that exposes the AI’s developers to liability for libel if the claims are false. Claims like this should be hedged using phrases like “allegedly” or “the author claims that...”.
Not the bot’s lawyer, but I might be more worried about universes in which the bot normally does that but doesn’t in a particular case, and the summarized post in that case ends up libelous. In that case, one could argue that the non-use of the typical disclaimers communicated something to the reader.
In contrast, the language here sounds “in its own voice,” but it’s also pretty clear from context that the bot is merely summarizing the original post.
I think it’s pretty bad for the AI to write allegations of criminal or objectionable behavior (“Torres harassed and stalked Peter Boghossian...” etc.) in its own voice, as that exposes the AI’s developers to liability for libel if the claims are false. Claims like this should be hedged using phrases like “allegedly” or “the author claims that...”.
Not the bot’s lawyer, but I might be more worried about universes in which the bot normally does that but doesn’t in a particular case, and the summarized post in that case ends up libelous. In that case, one could argue that the non-use of the typical disclaimers communicated something to the reader.
In contrast, the language here sounds “in its own voice,” but it’s also pretty clear from context that the bot is merely summarizing the original post.