Gabriel Weil on AI companies should be liable for harms…

Gabriel Weil

Law professor, AI governance

You want to make them bear that risk. If they do, they’ll have all the incentives they need to reduce risk.

AI Verified (Jul 13, 2026)

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Gabriel Weil, quoted in Gerrit De Vynck, “One of sci-fi’s most difficult questions about AI is becoming real,” 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 companies should be liable for harms caused by their deployed models

You want to make them bear that risk. If they do, they’ll have all the incentives they need to reduce risk.

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