Companies Escaping Liability For AI-Caused Accidents

Imagine the day when Waymo switches blame for car accidents to its own vehicles to avoid corporate liability. Recently, lawmakers have been asking who pays for damages caused by machines powered by artificial intelligence. In I, Nausicaa, the AutoMIND company gets a bill passed in Congress that shields them from all liability related to their Simulacra. Wired recently reported that OpenAI is putting its support behind an Illinois bill that would protect AI companies from liability for causing serious widespread injury that affects more than 100 people or does more than $1 billion in property damage. The bill, SB 3444, would provide developers with civil immunity as long as they didn’t act “intentionally or recklessly,” and agree to comply with certain safety and transparency provisions in the European Union’s Artificial Intelligence Act. The same policy debate has been happening in other states as well -- specifically New York and Rhode Island.