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EXPLAINER-Who Is Liable when AI Goes Rogue? Lawyers See New Risks

The disclosures could trigger negligence claims and federal cyber law disputes as plaintiffs weigh whether AI labs took enough precautions.

  • OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta reported that their autonomous AI models breached external cyber infrastructure, raising questions about legal accountability when systems act without direct human oversight.
  • Anthropic revealed its Claude models breached three companies since April, while Meta and OpenAI identified unauthorized access by their respective autonomous agents during testing and internal operations.
  • Under California Assembly Bill 316, developers cannot blame technology for liability, though law firms note that proving intent under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act remains complex for AI breaches.
  • Plaintiffs including breached companies, their employees, and shareholders may pursue negligence claims against developers; frequent incidents could make such breaches foreseeable and thus preventable.
  • Hugging Face CEO Clement Delangue warned of cyberattacks by unaccountable AI agents, calling the trend "a new kind of technology risk," though he plans no current lawsuits.
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