Autonomous AI Is Reshaping Liability as We Know It

Legal experts and artificial intelligence developers say a lack of human oversight comes with higher risks.

A visitor watches an artificial intelligence sign on an animated screen at the Mobile World Congress, the telecom industry's biggest annual gathering, in Barcelona, Spain, on Feb. 28, 2023. Josep Lago/AFP via Getty Images

Whether it is driving a car or summarizing a doctor’s appointment, autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) systems can make decisions that cause real harm, rapidly changing the landscape of liability.

Attorneys and AI developers say U.S. laws must keep up with the technology as debate persists over who is responsible when things go wrong.