Company loses crores of rupees due to AI!
Nowadays, the trend of fake news is increasing, which has now become a big problem for people as well as companies. In America, Minnesota-based solar company Wolf River Electric became a victim of this threat. Company owner Justin Nielsen says that due to false news created by AI, the trust of his customers was broken and he suffered a loss of about Rs 200 crore. He says that if these false news are not removed, he may have to close his business.
Loss caused by spreading false news
The company noticed that last year their contracts started getting canceled continuously, the total value of which was 3 lakh 88 thousand dollars. Upon investigation, it was found that a false news was going viral on Google, in which it was told that the company has entered into a settlement with the government in a fraud case. In reality there was no such case against the company.
demand compensation
The company tried to get this false news removed from Google, but was not successful. Tired and defeated, he filed a defamation case of Rs 900 crore against Google. Google says that mistakes are possible in the new technology, but improvements were made as soon as they were discovered. Despite this, a search on Google still shows false news of a lawsuit being filed against the company.
AI created stir in many places
This is not the first case, 6 lawsuits related to AI tools have been filed in America in the last two years. These allege that AI spread false and harmful news. For example, the fake news of Luke Littler winning the darts championship in December 2024 went viral due to AI misinformation. Similarly, fake news about tennis star Rafael Nadal being gay, suicide of UnitedHealthcare CEO Luigi Manzon and fake pictures like the explosion at the Pentagon also spread due to AI.
legal complications
Now the big question before the courts is who will be responsible if the machine spreads lies. Syracuse University professor Nina Brown says that if the court holds a company responsible for AI’s mistakes, many new such cases will be opened. Due to this fear, many companies settle in advance instead of trial.