Margrethe Vestager on AI companies should be liable for harms…

Margrethe Vestager

Former EU Commission executive vice-president for Competition; AI governance advocate

This should make it easier for consumers to claim compensation for damages caused by such systems.

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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” refers to proposed updated EU liability rules, including a specific proposal on liability of AI systems; saying those rules should make it easier for consumers to claim compensation for damage caused by AI systems is directly about liability for AI-caused harms and strongly signals a pro-liability stance on the statement. ([ireland.representation.ec.europa.eu](https://ireland.representation.ec.europa.eu/news-and-events/news/keynote-address-european-commission-executive-vice-president-margrethe-vestager-ibec-conference-2022-09-30_en)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified In context, she is describing the EU’s proposal for “updated liability rules” for AI and says those rules would make it easier for consumers to get compensation for damage caused by AI systems. That strongly implies support for AI companies/deployers being legally liable for harms, even though she also says the rules should be proportionate. ([ireland.representation.ec.europa.eu](https://ireland.representation.ec.europa.eu/news-and-events/news/keynote-address-european-commission-executive-vice-president-margrethe-vestager-ibec-conference-2022-09-30_en)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified The official European Commission page presents this as a keynote address by Margrethe Vestager, says "Read the text of her address," is dated 30 September 2022, and the sentence appears verbatim in the speech text: "This should make it easier for consumers to claim compensation for damages caused by such systems." ([ireland.representation.ec.europa.eu](https://ireland.representation.ec.europa.eu/news-and-events/news/keynote-address-european-commission-executive-vice-president-margrethe-vestager-ibec-conference-2022-09-30_en)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 2mo ago

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