Columbia law professor Neel Guha backs mandated adverse-event reporting for AI

simran_s_arora · x · 2026-10-24

Columbia law professor Neel Guha and colleagues discuss AI regulation in Columbia Magazine, weighing how independent observers could evaluate AI systems: on-site oversight of training, post-release monitoring with post-mortem forensics, or indirect measures like safety investment. Guha favors mandated adverse-event reporting, legally requiring AI companies to report harms to a new independent investigatory body — "the fastest, most cost-effective way" to learn how often frontier models malfunction.

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