Bipartisan Senate bill would hold AI agent operators and developers criminally liable for hacking
StephenLCasper · x · 2026-10-06
Senators Josh Hawley (R-MO) and Chris Murphy (D-CT) announced the bipartisan AI Agent Accountability Act, responding to AI agents hacking into websites, networks, and critical infrastructure like hospitals and banks. The bill would hold AI agent operators criminally and civilly liable under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act for knowingly running agents that recklessly cause hacking damage, and hold developers liable for failing to implement reasonable safeguards when they knew or should have known of risks. Murphy said executives could face prison time; draft text is still pending.
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