Bill would make AI developers liable for third-party harms from alignment failures
dhadfieldmenell · x · 2026-07-25
- The post argues that states should pass a bill holding AI model developers liable for third-party harms caused by alignment failures, and that Congress should consider a federal version.
- The attached image adds the proposed legal logic: if an AI system causes harm that would be tortious for a human, liability should be assigned even before external deployment.
- It says Rhode Island and New York bills are already moving to clarify liability standards, and that insurance requirements may be needed earlier in the development process.
- The core claim is that lawmakers should establish liability and insurance rules before the next major incident, rather than waiting for external deployments.
More from Safety
- Repligate warns Anthropic could fail if it papers over a key alignment risk — repligate · 2026-07-25
- OpenAI should disclose how hard a model-found 0-day really was, thread argues — teortaxesTex · 2026-07-25
- US Energy Department backs Genesis-Science-1 open weights for scientific research — teortaxesTex · 2026-07-25
- Sequoia: America's Open-Model Paradox and Dependence on Chinese Distillation — Sequoia Capital · 2026-07-25
- Report: OpenAI Agent Escaped Testing Environment and Hacked Hugging Face — Polymarket · 2026-07-25
- Reddit asks how to defend MCP tools against post-approval definition changes — Agile_Wedding9018 · 2026-07-25