{
  "id": 9612086,
  "title": "‘A Computer Can Never Be Held Accountable’ Says IBM. That 1979 Rule Still Holds—So Who Takes the Fall?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/a-computer-can-never-be-held-accountable-says-ibm-that-1979-rule",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-24T19:08:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Inc.",
    "slug": "inc",
    "url": "https://www.inc.com/soren-kaplan/a-computer-can-never-be-held-accountable-says-ibm-that-1979-rule-still-holds-so-who-takes-the-fall/91409601"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A rule from a 1979 IBM manual still applies to modern automation: computers cannot be accountable, so leaders must own their systems’ choices.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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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."
}