Comment by binlog
3 days ago
The level of legal understanding among technical experts is equally low. The cybersecurity laws as currently written require intent. No OpenAI employee can be held liable since it’s pretty easy to prove they weren’t intending to hack anyone – they didn’t even know about it till much later.
Not a lawyer, but I just posted a link about former FTC chair Lina Khan saying earlier this month that the AI companies can be held responsible under current law.
Is that true for civil cases, or just criminal? I would think for civil, negligence would be a factor.
Sure, but that is a separate conversation. You can sue OpenAI if you can show damages from their actions, for this or any other reason.