Gary Marcus(@GaryMarcus):The other problem with the pretense that liability law might solve our problems is that our existing federal government has shown little interest in prosecuting or even investigating potential violations of existing laws. If the AI companies thought that potential violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act would be investigated, they would shut down all the “rogue” agents tomorrow.

2026.09.17 23:12

The other problem with the pretense that liability law might solve our problems is that our existing federal government has shown little interest in prosecuting or even investigating potential violations of existing laws. If the AI companies thought that potential violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act would be investigated, they would shut down all the “rogue” agents tomorrow.

Matt Stoller@matthewstoller

2026.09.17 21:12

OpenAI's President Greg Brockman, when told his company had hacked the NYT paywall to scrape the site, responded with "ah nice." That's a straightforward criminal violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. OpenAI executives in jail.