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Cape Breton violinist Ashley MacIsaac says Google may have defamed him after Google recently produced an AI-generated resume that falsely identified him as a sex offender.
The Juno Award-winning musician said he became aware of online misinformation last week after the First Nation north of Halifax presented him with a resume and canceled a concert scheduled for Dec. 19.
In a telephone interview, McIsaac said the record falsely claimed he was convicted of a number of crimes, including sexual assault, online luring, assault on a female and attempted assault on a minor.
Additionally, he said the Google post accuses him of being on the National Sex Offender Registry, which is also untrue.
The violin virtuoso said he later learned the erroneous content was taken from online articles about a man in Atlantic Canada with the same last name.
MacIsaac said Google has since apologized for the errors.
Additionally, Sipekne'katik First Nation also issued an apology, saying in an online post that the cancellation was based on incorrect information that damaged McIsaac's reputation and livelihood.
