FTC Chair: humans should be criminally responsible for their AI agents' behavior
TinfoilTricorn · x · 2026-09-27
Per a breaking alert from @rawsalerts, the FTC Chair said humans using AI agents should be held criminally responsible for their agents' behavior.
Commenters note this already matches existing law: whoever issues the prompt is responsible for downstream outcomes no matter how many steps away, much like a guardian for a child. A clear signal on the core agent-governance question of human-in-the-loop liability.
Related event: FTC Chair Ferguson: Companies and Users Can't Blame AI Agents for Liability(6 posts)→
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