{
  "id": 679812,
  "title": "AI agents aren’t legally responsible for any harm that they cause, experts say. So who is?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/ai-agents-arent-legally-responsible-for-any-harm-that-they-cause",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-12T15:00:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Technology",
    "slug": "guardian-technology",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/13/ai-agents-arent-legally-responsible-for-any-harm-that-they-cause-experts-say-so-who-is"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Following Australia’s first reported automated hacking accident, experts warn deployers – and possibly developers – of AI agents could be held liable for the actions of their bots Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The law is clear, says Prof Jeannie Paterson. “If I deploy an AI agent and it causes harm to someone else, I am responsible for that harm. “Even if I didn’t…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}