It’s worse. This is like the restaurant across the street, a company that is completely unaffiliated with me and even my industry, is now running a lunch promotion that includes advertising something for my business which I did not approve and do not sell.
If a human being did this, it would be so unbelievably grossly obviously illegal it wouldn’t even have to go to court. It’s obvious and blatant fraud. Lying on this level is like so unbelievably blasphemous I would go so far as to say that this is uncivilized wild animal behavior that far precedes modern copyright/property laws, having been frowned upon in almost every society since the dawn of civilization.
As a sidenote, that is exactly how most (all?) food delivery apps operate, presumably with no AI involved: Don’t want to list your restaurant on an app, no problem, someone unaffiliated will create listing in your name. You’ll still get customers complaining about high delivery prices, incorrect menu items and poor quality, while the app collects commissions and refuses to enforce any kind of control. Basically pressuring restaurants to pay for a listing on the app just to have any control over how their name is used.
It’s worse. This is like the restaurant across the street, a company that is completely unaffiliated with me and even my industry, is now running a lunch promotion that includes advertising something for my business which I did not approve and do not sell.
If a human being did this, it would be so unbelievably grossly obviously illegal it wouldn’t even have to go to court. It’s obvious and blatant fraud. Lying on this level is like so unbelievably blasphemous I would go so far as to say that this is uncivilized wild animal behavior that far precedes modern copyright/property laws, having been frowned upon in almost every society since the dawn of civilization.
As a sidenote, that is exactly how most (all?) food delivery apps operate, presumably with no AI involved: Don’t want to list your restaurant on an app, no problem, someone unaffiliated will create listing in your name. You’ll still get customers complaining about high delivery prices, incorrect menu items and poor quality, while the app collects commissions and refuses to enforce any kind of control. Basically pressuring restaurants to pay for a listing on the app just to have any control over how their name is used.