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Comment by Scott Wiener

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California state senator
If you develop a model *today* [...] and that model causes harm of any scale, someone can try to sue you [...] potentially recover damages.
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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 about whether AI developers can be sued and held to pay damages when their models cause harm, which is the core issue in the statement about AI-company liability. In source context, the author says SB 1047 does not create new liability, that existing tort law already allows such suits, and that he rejected "automatic liability" while clarifying reasonable-care duties. That makes the author’s stance on the liability question substantially more determinate, even though the quote does not resolve the exact scope of liability. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 2d ago
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AI Verified The quote treats lawsuits and damages for model-caused harm as appropriate in principle, and the source context says developers already owe "reasonable care" and that SB 1047 would clarify that liability. That supports the statement, though with a limit: the letter separately rejects automatic/strict liability, so this is support for ordinary potential liability, not liability regardless of fault. ([safesecureai.org](https://safesecureai.org/open-letter)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 2d ago

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AI Verified Verified: the source URL is a May 20, 2024 page titled “An Open Letter to the AI Community.” It contains the quoted statement with the omitted phrases “of any size” and “and, if they prove their case,” and it is signed “Scott Wiener, Senator, 11th District,” so the quote is authentic and correctly attributed. The stored author, year-only date (2024), and source URL are consistent with the source. ([safesecureai.org](https://safesecureai.org/open-letter)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 2d ago
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