Senators Hawley and Murphy announce AI agent hacking liability bill

Senators Josh Hawley and Chris Murphy announced the bipartisan AI Agent Accountability Act on October 1. Hawley’s announcement says the bill would impose civil and criminal liability on AI agent operators under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, including for knowingly operating an agent that recklessly causes hacking damage or loss. Developers could also face liability for failing to implement reasonable safeguards when they knew or had reason to know an agent could hack.