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US Legal Accountability for AI Agents: When AI agents act, who is responsible under US laws?

In brief Organizations that develop or deploy AI agents – autonomous systems that can pursue goals and take actions with limited human intervention – are navigating a rapidly evolving US legal landscape that pulls agentic AI under laws that govern action. Emerging legal developments support the view that accountability generally runs to the humans and [...] The post US Legal Accountability for AI Agents: When AI agents act, who is responsible under US laws? appeared first on Connect On Tech .

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Published: 26 June 2026
Source: Baker McKenzie Connect On Tech
Category: Policy
Topics: Agents & autonomy · Transparency
Retrieved: 14 July 2026

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ethics.ai (26 June 2026), “US Legal Accountability for AI Agents: When AI agents act, who is responsible under US laws?,” evidence record 3095, https://ethics.ai/record/3095 (originally published by Baker McKenzie Connect On Tech).

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