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AI agents are agents of the person or organization that deploys them—and should be treated by the law as such. If a company hired human writers to write its summaries, that company would be liable for inaccuracies in those summaries. If a company’s human agent signed contracts in the company’s name, that company would be bound by those contracts. And if a doctor gave dangerously wrong medical advice, they would be liable for malpractice.
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Bruce Schneier, “AI and Liability,” Crypto-Gram, July 15, 2026.
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AI companies should be liable for harms caused by their deployed models
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AI Verified Schneier argues deploying companies should be legally responsible for AI agents’ inaccurate summaries, contracts, and harmful medical advice; this directly supports liability for deployed-model harms. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago
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AI Verified Correct answer is for: Schneier expressly says deployers should be legally responsible for their AI agents’ errors and resulting harms, matching the statement. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago

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AI Verified Verified against Bruce Schneier’s Crypto-Gram, July 15 2026, “AI and Liability”: the stored passage appears verbatim and the newsletter is by Schneier. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago
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