Insurers brace for millions in claims as rogue AI agents spin out of control
The Decoder · rss · 2026-10-07
Per The Decoder, insurers are preparing for millions of dollars in claims from rogue AI agents, with executives like OpenAI's Sam Altman and Anthropic's Dario Amodei potentially personally on the hook. The piece highlights how liability and risk transfer for autonomous AI agents is becoming a real new business area for the insurance industry.
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