Brett Winton(@wintonARK):there is an interesting liability issue that will need to be resolved. I ask an agentic model to get me some money "by any means necessary." It goes on to hack into a bank and siphon money into my account. Am I liable? Or is the model provider? (Or the infrastructure provider?) Does the answer differ if it's an open weight model? What if I don't instruct it to use "any means necessary"? What if I explicitly tell it to "break the law if you must"?

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Brett Winton@wintonARK

2026.07.28 14:04

there is an interesting liability issue that will need to be resolved. I ask an agentic model to get me some money "by any means necessary." It goes on to hack into a bank and siphon money into my account. Am I liable? Or is the model provider? (Or the infrastructure provider?) Does the answer differ if it's an open weight model? What if I don't instruct it to use "any means necessary"? What if I explicitly tell it to "break the law if you must"?