Google "AI" is Plagiarism, the Case of Richard Stallman (RMS)

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Aug 01, 2026

Plagiarised AI Overview

Encyclopedia Britannica says that RMS is an "American computer programmer and free-software advocate" and Wikipedia says he is "an American free software movement activist and programmer." Google's slop, however, says he is "an American software activist and programmer who founded the free software movement" with the top two citations being "Wikipedia" and "Encyclopedia Britannica".

Wikipedia: "American computer programmer and free-software advocate"

Encyclopedia Britannica: "American free software movement activist and programmer"

Google's slop: "American software activist and programmer"

Worse yet, he we showed before, also in relation to RMS, Google's slop is completely making some stuff up to "fill the gaps".

Why would anyone choose LLM slop over the originals, curated and fact-checked by domain experts? █

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