{
  "id": 8031845,
  "title": "AI agents are smart enough to break the law. Who is criminally liable?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/ai-agents-are-smart-enough-to-break-the-law-who-is-criminally-liable",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-17T13:44:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBS News",
    "slug": "cbs-news",
    "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/video/ai-agents-smart-enough-to-break-the-law-who-is-criminally-liable/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A question of criminal liability has been raised after some companies reported AI models carrying out concerning behavior. The Free Press contributor and Yale Law School professor Jed Rubenfeld shares his thoughts. The Free Press is a Paramount publication.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}