By Anthony Blair
Publication Date: 2026-01-11 19:10:00
An award-winning musician falsely labeled as a sex offender by an AI-generated Google summary said he is considering suing the search giant after concerts were canceled in the wake of the accusation.
Ashley MacIsaac, a Canadian folk singer-songwriter, was set to play at a concert in Nova Scotia when he learned that the organizers had cancelled the show, the Canadian Press reported.
The Google AI Overview, which has since been corrected by the tech behemoth, falsely said the Juno Award-winning musician, 50, had been convicted of multiple sex offenses, including sexual assault, internet luring, assaulting a woman and attempting to assault a minor, MacIsaac said.
It also wrongly said that the virtuoso fiddle player was listed on Canada’s national sex offender registry.
“I could have been at a border and put in jail. So…
