Rep. Trahan circulates draft federal bill ensuring liability for AI agent misconduct
dhadfieldmenell · x · 2026-10-07
Rep. Lori Trahan has circulated a discussion draft of a federal harmonized liability bill ensuring that when AI agents engage in conduct that would constitute a tort or crime for a human, someone (developers, deployers) is liable — aiming to close the liability gap for autonomous agent behavior at the federal level.
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