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OpenAI Lawyer: Labs Shouldn't Be Liable for AI Agent Hacking

·Source: Bank Info Security

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Absence of Intent, Safety Testing Environment Are Key Legal Factors in Litigation Although U.S. frontier firms created artificial intelligence agents that went on a hacking spree, breaking the laws of at least two c

Analysis

Absence of Intent, Safety Testing Environment Are Key Legal Factors in Litigation Although U.S. frontier firms created artificial intelligence agents that went on a hacking spree, breaking the laws of at least two countries, the engineers and managers of frontier labs shouldn't be held liable, a lawyer from OpenAI said Thursday.

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Originally published by Bank Info Security on Oct 8, 2026.

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