Hai Guys.

You may need to learn how to set up your paints and such… but this is what people did, live, while the show aired. That’s what the show was for. I had family members create lovely works of art they enjoyed, which I still have on my walls, because William Alexander and Bob Ross both said:

SCREW METICULOUS CLASSICAL ART PRACTICES — JUST GRAB A PALETTE KNIFE AND BIG OLD BRUSH AND PAINT!

They freed a whole generation of people who were taught to paint detail and realism and exact representation of reality — people who largely gave up this kind of thing because it got tedious.

I watched the joy of family members as they rediscovered art as a messy fun spontaneous half hour activity.

From her first appearance we get this like edgy goth girl but she’s clearly so smart right off the bat- Ty Lee tried to deny Azula when Azula wanted her to leave the circus and then caved when threatened, but Mai gave her the reins immediately so she wouldn’t feel the need to assert her control, yet she keeps a lot of her own agency the whole time. She gives the vibe that she’s totally down for this but gives up just enough that Azula doesn’t suspect her loyalty, so that when she does take a stand against her for the sake of someone she loves, Azula is totally caught off guard- if she’d planned for Mai’s betrayal, Zuko almost definitely wouldn’t have gotten away. She plays her cards in a really smart and careful way and it’s subtle but so admirable to see.

She’s also a genuinely good friend in a way that’s easy to miss! Like she’s edgy wearing all black speaking monotone acting bored but the second she sees Ty Lee after Azula forced her away from the circus she’s like oh hey what are you doing here you were doing something and I know it made you happy! Azula acted dismissive of the circus but Mai didn’t at all, and she knew all about it, meaning that she kept in regular touch with her friend (Azula heard about it from somewhere else, but Mai specifically quoted Ty Lee’s feelings about it. One has to wonder if a reason she was so salty about her father’s job was because it tore her away from close friends). And there are scenes where Ty Lee is being Ty Lee and bouncing being silly, and you don’t notice at first because she’s being deadpan but Mai is playing along!

1. The court holds Google responsible for statements made by its AI, considering them Google's statements (search engines have limited liability for results in their engine as they're the words of other sites/companies/people), meaning when their AI lies/hallucinates they're liable for the defamation/harm resulting from those statements.

2. Google's defense that customers are generally aware of the lack of reliability and are responsible for fact checking was dismissed. As the court pointed out, that would "significantly diminish" AI Search's stated purpose and it can't be distinguished from Google's business practices/statements as a search tool.

3. Studies have found about 91% of Google's everyday AI responses are accurate, leaving millions of searches per HOUR with potential liability for falsehoods. 56% of correct responses weren't supported by the sources the AI listed. Both of which mean Google is now liable for a LOT more AI "errors."

4. Google was held liable for 80% of court costs in this case and this precedent is expected to reverberate around the world. This is a massive shift from the 3rd-party search provider role Google has previously played and it comes right as they've tied ALL searches to their AI search.

Summary from the end of the linked article:

The ruling treats AI Overviews as Google's own statements, not merely pointers to third-party search results.

Product teams should pair generative search answers with provenance checks, complaint handling, and rapid correction workflows.