Tort Law's Limits as AI Regulatory Tool & Need for Independent Exams

ghadfield · x · 2026-09-01

A torts scholar argues that while the tort system plays a regulatory role, it is ill-suited to be the sole or principal instrument as AI risks intensify, generating perverse incentives for evidence and transparency. The author emphasizes the desperate need for evidence-generating regulatory institutions, such as mandatory independent examinations of frontier labs, given the poorly understood nature of frontier AI risks.

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