OpenAI Breach Puts Intent at Center of AI Liability Fight

Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Legal Liability, Next-Generation Technologies & Secure Development Federal hacking laws may already implicate artificial intelligence labs when their agents break into outside networks - but a prosecution would face long odds, according to a new analysis. Bahrad Sokhansanj, a senior research fellow at the Institute for Law and AI, argued in a essay published Friday that prosecutors could build a credible case against OpenAI under the United States' principal anti-hacking law, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, over the July breach of Hugging Face by the company's AI agents. Sens. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., and Chris Murphy, D-Conn., also want Congress to settle the question, with a bill that would write the companies that build and run AI agents directly into the CFAA.