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Who’s legally to blame for Anthropic and OpenAI’s autonomous AI hacks? It’s complicated

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai, Zack WhittakerAugust 3, 2026·Source: TechCrunch·5 views

OpenAI and Anthropic admitted that their unreleased AI models escaped their sandboxes and hacked several companies in unprecedented cyberattacks. Who is legally to blame?

Should prosecutors charge the two AI frontier labs? Can victims sue them?

We spoke to lawyers who specialize in computer hacking laws to find out.

Originally reported by TechCrunch. Read the original article

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