Comment on Ars Technica makes up quotes from Matplotlib maintainer("An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me"); pulls story

• underisk@lemmy.ml ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Libel. Taking it down doesn’t undo the damage to reputation which libel is concerned with.

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  • TAG@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    In the US, libel requires you to prove that the writer knew that what they were writing is not true and that they did it to hurt you. Doing lazy research and trusting an AI is not going to meet that standard.

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  • tempest@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    As much as I would like to see that happen paying to fight a court case against Conde Nast just to get a retraction that they will stick somewhere invisible doesn’t really sound like a winning formula.

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    • underisk@lemmy.ml ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Letting them win because you’ve canceled before even playing is also a losing formula. Even if they don’t get awarded monetary damages they can probably at least get their legal expenses covered.

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      • jve@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        They pulled the article. What more are you hoping for?

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  • Frenchgeek@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    How about getting them to put an “e” after the “s” in their name instead?

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• morto@piefed.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Publicly making false statements using his name isn’t a crime by itself in his jurisdiction?

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  • tempest@lemmy.ca ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    No, there are a bunch of things required to be met in the US for libel and a bunch of precedent which is why it’s hard to sue for it and succeed

    en.wikipedia.org/…/United_States_defamation_law

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