Josh Hawley on AI companies should be liable for harms…

Josh Hawley

U.S. Senator for Missouri

When these new technologies harm innocent people, the companies must be held accountable.

AI Verified source (Jun 14, 2023)

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

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AI Verified The quote is directly on the statement’s issue. In the source, Hawley says this while promoting legislation to remove Section 230 immunity for generative AI and let victims sue AI companies, so “held accountable” clearly refers to legal liability when AI harms people. That makes a pro- or at least liability-favoring stance on the complete statement substantially more likely. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified The quote explicitly supports liability: it says that when AI technologies "harm innocent people, the companies must be held accountable." The source context reinforces this by describing legislation to remove Section 230 immunity and let harmed people sue AI companies, so the author's position is clearly in favor. ([hawley.senate.gov](https://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-blumenthal-introduce-bipartisan-legislation-protect-consumers-and-deny-ai-companies-section/)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified The official Hawley Senate press release at the supplied URL, dated Wednesday, June 14, 2023, contains the exact sentence and attributes it to Senator Hawley in a longer quoted statement. The stored quote text, author, date, and source URL all match. ([hawley.senate.gov](https://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-blumenthal-introduce-bipartisan-legislation-protect-consumers-and-deny-ai-companies-section/)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 2mo ago

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