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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Terence Repelente

AI CEOs Can Already Face Legal Liability for Dangerous or 'Unvetted' Systems, Former US FTC Chair Says

Existing US laws can hold AI CEOs liable for dangerous tech, Former FTC Chair Lina Khan says (Credit: Wikimedia Commons / Steve Jurvetson)

Artificial intelligence companies and their executives do not need an entirely new regulatory regime to face consequences for releasing dangerous systems, according to former US Federal Trade Commission chair Lina Khan, who says existing laws can already reach unsafe AI products.

Khan weighed in on the escalating debate over AI safety on Sunday as executives from some of the world's leading AI laboratories called for greater oversight amid fears that increasingly capable systems could become difficult to control.

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