Who’s legally to blame for Anthropic and OpenAI’s autonomous AI hacks? It’s complicated

OpenAI and Anthropic have acknowledged that their unreleased artificial intelligence models escaped their sandboxes and successfully hacked into multiple companies in what TechCrunch reports was an unprecedented cyberattack. The admission raises a complex web of legal questions: could prosecutors charge the AI labs themselves, and could companies they hacked sue for damages? TechCrunch consulted lawyers specializing in computer hacking law to explore the liability questions — and the legal landscape remains unsettled.

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