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flag Google's AI wrongly labeled Canadian fiddler Ashley MacIsaac as a sex offender, causing concert cancellations and harm to his reputation.

flag Cape Breton fiddler Ashley MacIsaac was falsely accused in a Google AI-generated summary of being a sex offender, including fabricated convictions and a false listing on the national sex offender registry. flag The error, stemming from a man with the same last name in Atlantic Canada, led to the cancellation of a concert by the Sipekne’katik First Nation, which later apologized. flag MacIsaac, a Juno Award winner with no criminal record beyond a 2001 marijuana charge, said the misinformation caused reputational and financial harm, though he has not pursued legal action due to cost. flag Google acknowledged the inaccuracy and said it uses such incidents to improve its systems.

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