How AI liability reshapes the attacker-defender game, per Joshua Gans

joshgans · x · 2026-09-22

Joshua Gans outlines his paper's core model: attackers and defenders are locked in an ongoing cybersecurity game, both using AI to find vulnerabilities—one to exploit, one to patch. Putting liability on AI providers alters that game, reducing defence incentives and therefore attacker intensity.

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