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CEO at OpenAI
However, if liability frameworks are too lax, negative externalities may appear where a company benefits from lack of oversight and regulation at the expense [...]
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AI companies should be liable for harms caused by their deployed models
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AI Verified In context, this sentence is part of Altman’s answer to a question about “a liability framework for artificial intelligence” for harms caused by AI, and it argues that overly lax liability lets companies benefit from under-regulation at society’s expense. That is directly on the issue of whether AI companies should bear liability, and it gives enough signal that a stance is determinable. ([judiciary.senate.gov](https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2023-05-16_-_qfr_responses_-_altman.pdf)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 2d ago
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AI Verified In context, the author supports at least some liability for AI companies: he says a new framework should have AI services, downstream companies, and users "appropriately share responsibility" for harms, and the quoted warning that overly lax liability rules let a company benefit from lack of oversight implies companies should face liability when their deployed models cause harm. This is support for shared, not sole, liability. ([judiciary.senate.gov](https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/download/2023-05-16-qfr-responses-altman?download=1)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 2d ago

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AI Verified The Senate Judiciary PDF at the provided URL is fetchable. Page 7, lines 315-317 contain the quoted wording, with the submitter’s "[...]" only omitting the sentence ending; page 1 identifies the document as from Sam Altman and dated June 22, 2023. The attribution, date, and source URL therefore match. ([judiciary.senate.gov](https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/download/2023-05-16-qfr-responses-altman)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 2d ago
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