Why AI Has No Independent Safety Investigations: Lawyers Flag Gaps in State AI Laws
RebeccaBellan · x · 2026-09-08
TechCrunch reporter Rebecca Bellan highlights a growing question from researchers, politicians and safety experts: why doesn't AI face independent investigations after safety incidents like other industries?
Lawyer MackenZarnold argues the current legal landscape is poor and simply copying state-level approaches to the federal level makes no sense, writing separately about the lack of investigatory powers. The core gap: not rules themselves, but enforcement bodies lacking independent accident-investigation authority.
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