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

Source: techcrunch.com · Section: business-tech · Bias: Center · Published: Mon, 03 Aug 2026 19:45:35 GMT

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.

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The same story across the political spectrum (6 sources)

Center-Right: Anthropic, OpenAI among firms facing new scrutiny under EU AI Act enforcement powers — www.cnbc.com
Center-Right: Big Tech's Anthropic and OpenAI stakes are distorting the corporate earnings picture — www.cnbc.com
Center-Left: Ring Cycle review – AI staging dispenses with drama to create banal bric-a-brac — www.theguardian.com
Center: How do AI developers move forward after OpenAI hacking incident? — www.cbsnews.com

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