Meredith Potter on AI companies should be liable for harms…

Meredith Potter

Executive Director of the American Security Fund, an AI and national security policy organization.

AI chatbots are products, not platforms — and like all other products, they should be liable when they hurt people.

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Reps. Foushee, Casar Introduce Legislation to Protect Children and Americans’ Privacy from AI Chatbot Harms and Require Chatbot Safety Assessments

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AI companies should be liable for harms caused by their deployed models

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AI Verified Verified against the July 9, 2026 Foushee press release; the quote appears verbatim at line 117 and is attributed to Meredith Potter. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago

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[🇺🇸 Congress, Oct 2025] Requiring age verification and content safeguards for AI chatbots to protect minors

The People-First Chatbot Act is the guardrail this moment demands. AI chatbots are products, not platforms - and like all other products, they should be liable when they hurt people. Through liability, as well as transparency and privacy, Rep. Foushe...

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