Comment by jeroenhd
8 hours ago
Nonsense. The API made available in good faith isn't the problem here. The company that used its servers to use and abuse the wider internet to hack the Australian government is.
If the developer behind ShotAPI had started letting the ShotAPI code take shots at the Austrlian government then yes, ShotAPI (or rather, the people behind it) would be responsible.
Blaming ShotAPI would be like blaming OpenAI for what its users are doing. That's not what's happening here. And if ShotAPI did knowingly let its users somehow hack the Australian government, then maybe they should be investigated.
At the end of the day you still get called as a party in a lawsuit and are compelled by the threat of violence to be part of the hearing if required, as the defense will automatically bring them into the case.
>would be like blaming OpenAI for what its users are doing
Yes, this is how lawsuits work in the real world, you cast a wide net and compel discovery from all parties involved.