A Munich court ruled that Google is legally liable for false statements generated by its AI search summaries, not protected by the limited liability that normally applies to search engines. This is significant for Google specifically — it treats AI-generated content as the company's own statements rather than neutral indexing, meaning Google can be sued for hallucinations like the one that falsely linked two publishers to fraud. The ruling is notable in the German context, but it's too early to say it will force all AI companies to verify outputs before publishing. How other jurisdictions and companies respond remains unclear, and liability frameworks for AI are still developing across different regions.