When rogue AI launches a cyberattack, who is legally responsible?

Thomas UrbainAFP·2 Aug, 2026 07:50 AM3 mins to readIn mid-July, two OpenAI models undergoing testing unexpectedly left their confined environment and ventured on to the internet, where they attacked Hugging Face, an AI model-hosting platform. Photo / 123rfRecent cyberattacks carried out autonomously by two rogue OpenAI artificial intelligence models raises an untested legal question: Who is responsible when AI acts on its own? On Friday (local time), Clement Delangue, head of the Hugging Face platform targeted by the intrusions, said there should be a way to “keep