Why aren't AI companies sued for unauthorized crawling and agent harm?
warfunder · reddit · 2026-10-19
A Reddit post asks why AI companies face no trials for crawling the web without permission, unauthorized probing of organizations, giving harmful or false advice with severe consequences, and harm caused by AI agent swarms—arguing by analogy that if a dog bite makes the owner liable, an AI company should be liable for its agents' actions.
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