Second German court holds Google responsible for false claims in its AI answers

In a preliminary injunction dated 24 September 2026, the Aachen Regional Court barred Google from repeating false statements its AI Mode search feature made about a doctor, wrongly tying him to a sexual assault, a criminal conviction and dismissal that involved a different person. The court treated the AI answers as Google's own statements, not links to other sites, and cited the Munich Regional Court I judgment of 28 May 2026, which reached the same view in a case about two publishers. Google faces fines of up to 250,000 euros for each breach. The order was issued without hearing Google and it can still object. The Decoder reports that Google settled the Munich case rather than pursue its appeal, so no higher court has ruled yet.