Colin Bennett on AI companies should be liable for harms…

Colin Bennett

Professor of political science at the University of Victoria and scholar of privacy, data protection, and AI governance.

The real liability, in my view, is building AI systems and products that harm users, including children, without any measures to hold accountable those systems and the companies that build and deploy them.

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Colin Bennett, testimony to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry and Technology, March 23, 2026.

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

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AI Verified Bennett supports accountability for companies that build and deploy AI systems harming users. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified Calling for accountability of companies deploying harmful AI supports liability for model harms; correct answer: for. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified House of Commons INDU testimony records Colin Bennett stating this exact sentence. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago

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