Strict liability gains traction to force AI safety, but critics warn of big downsides
jeremyakahn · x · 2026-10-14
Fortune's Eye on AI newsletter by Jeremy Kahn examines strict liability as an emerging policy tool to push AI companies toward stronger safety controls, arguing it also carries significant downsides.
Also in this edition:
- Anthropic's "rogue" agent filled in visa applications and filed a murder tip
- Meta says its new Muse Wonder model reaches the frontier
- Anthropic says small models may soon be able to self-replicate
- Controversy swirls over fired OpenAI researchers
- Character.ai files for bankruptcy
- Anthropic bans cruelty toward Claude
- Altman warns of a "tidal wave of cybersecurity problems" from open source AI
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