Andrew Yoon on AI companies should be liable for harms…

Andrew Yoon

Member of the technical staff at CivAI, a nonprofit that analyzes AI capabilities and risks.

It’s a very thorny area. It’s uncharted territory. There’s a good argument to be made on either side.

AI Verified (Jul 13, 2026)

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Andrew Yoon, quoted by The Washington Post, July 13, 2026.

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

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AI Verified In the cited AI-liability debate, the quote says the case is balanced and uncharted, indicating a neutral/undecided stance. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 4mo ago

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AI Verified The author says there is a good argument on either side, supporting abstention on AI-company liability. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 4mo ago

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AI Verified Washington Post (July 13, 2026) attributes this exact wording to Andrew Yoon. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 4mo ago

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Ban open source AI models capable of creating WMDs

Open models can be easily modified for harm. [...] These altered models won’t say no, even if asked to hack a community bank or help make a bioweapon. [...] The U.S. should seek an agreement with China that neither country will release model weights ...

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