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Comment by Anthony Aguirre

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Physicist; Future of Life cofounder
Strengthen and clarify liability laws so that responsibility for actions taken by AI systems rests where it should, which is with users, for systems they meaningfully control, and jointly with developers and deployers, if control is inadequate or absent. It's never with AI systems themselves.
AI Verified (Feb 2, 2026)
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Anthony Aguirre, testimony to Canada's House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics, February 2, 2026.
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AI companies should be liable for harms caused by their deployed models
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AI Verified Quote explicitly says developers and deployers share liability when control is inadequate, directly relevant to company liability for AI harms. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 1h ago
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AI Verified Quote assigns joint liability to developers and deployers when control is inadequate; recorded for matches. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 1h ago

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AI Verified Canada House ethics-committee transcript (2 Feb 2026) contains and attributes this exact wording to Anthony Aguirre. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 1h ago
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