… But it's a bad idea to weaken liability, which in most states is the most significant form of legal accountability for AI companies that's already in place." Anthropic testified last week in favor of another Illinois state bill, SB 3261, which would be one of the nation’s strongest AI safety laws i… …
… There’s no reason existing AI companies should be facing reduced liability,” Wisor says. He notes that the lawmakers in Illinois have also submitted bills increasing liability on AI model developers. …
… Tech industry groups have lobbied for AI liability shields for years, arguing that only bad actors—not model developers—should be on the hook if their products are used to commit crimes. …
… Musk’s legal team looked “sunken in their chairs” after the jury’s decision was announced, the NYT reported. …
… A settlement out of court is still possible, though legal experts and people close to the case say it’s unlikely. …
… Sam Altman is out there this week endorsing legislation that would shield AI companies from some of the types of liability that OpenAI has been exposed to in wrongful death suits, for instance. Of course, there’s a desire to have that shield from liability. …
… If humans are “just rubber-stamping decisions,” Marijan said, “what are the lines of accountability there — and what does the liability look like?” During a Defense One Tech summit in July 2017, where Maven was centered as the future of the department, the chief of the Algorithmic Warfare Cross-Fun… …
… 225 226 In an American civil lawsuit, attorneys were sanctioned for filing a legal motion generated by ChatGPT containing fictitious legal decisions. 227 Judges in the US 228 229 and Pakistan have endorsed using ChatGPT to investigate legal questions during a case. …
… 320 A Senate report alleged that Musk could avoid up to $2 billion in legal liability as a result of DOGE's actions. …