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Who is liable when AI agents go rogue?

Original: Who’s liable when AI agents go rogue?

A new analysis examines one of the thorniest legal questions raised by autonomous AI: when an AI agent acts on its own and causes harm, who is responsible? The piece explores how existing liability frameworks, built for software tools and human employees, struggle to assign blame when agents take independent actions, and what rules may be needed as businesses increasingly deploy them.

Why now: Businesses and regulators are urgently seeking clarity on legal responsibility as autonomous AI agents are deployed more widely.

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