Ali Partovi on AI companies should be liable for harms…

Ali Partovi

Technology entrepreneur and investor; CEO of Neo and co-founder of Code.org.

Specifically my proposal is when an AI autonomously chooses to perform an illegal action the law should hold the AI companies responsible as if they did it intentionally.

AI Verified (Oct 11, 2026)

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Ali Partovi, interviewed on TBPN, as transcribed in “Ali Partovi: Make AI Labs Criminally Liable for AI Crimes,” October 11, 2026. The page attributes this exact statement to Partovi at 1:59:59 and explains his proposal to hold AI companies criminally liable for autonomous AI actions.

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

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AI Verified The quote assigns legal responsibility to AI companies when an autonomous AI commits an illegal action, supporting liability for harm caused by deployed models. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago

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AI Verified The quote supports the recorded for vote: it says AI companies should be legally responsible when their autonomous AI commits illegal actions. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago

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AI Verified The TBPN transcript page quotes Partovi verbatim at 1:59:59 and attributes the proposal to him; page dated October 11, 2026. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago

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