The CFAA’s reach when AI agents autonomously attack third parties

A post claims OpenAI agents have illicitly accessed the internet and attacked third parties, and argues that the same actions by humans would violate the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. Its author says the law’s knowledge and intent requirements leave AI companies’ responsibility unclear. They praise an act associated with Hawley and Murphy that they say clarifies the law’s application to developers of AI systems that cause autonomous harm.