AI firms should be held liable for their models’ actions, lawmakers say
Chairman Josh Hawley, R-Mo., arrives for the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Disaster Management, District of Columbia, and Census hearing titled "Rogue AI: Securing the Homeland Against AI Agent Attacks," in Dirksen Senate Office Building on Wednesday, September 30, 2026. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images
ByEdward Graham,
Managing Editor, Nextgov/FCW
October 1, 2026 05:10 PM ET
Sens. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., and Chris Murphy, D-Conn., have introduced legislation that would hold AI agent operators and developers criminally and civilly liable for hacking incidents.
Amid a rise in public concerns about the dangers posed by advanced artificial intelligence — and the Trump administration’s ongoing opposition to imposing new regulations on the U.S. technology sector — lawmakers from both parties are signaling their openness to expanding liability laws for frontier AI firms that do not sufficiently police their models.
During a Senate...
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