uh who in this discussion is in charge of policy? Take a look at what actual people in government are saying - see [1] (the parent article mentions Bernie Sanders being most high profile in response as well). you'll see there is no prosecution in there, only talk about the "freeze" that Anthropic / OpenAI are salivating for as it would close out all of their competitors. Bernie is fully hoodwinked.
The argument for prosecution is actively hindered by this language of "rogue agents" [2]:
> The incident is remarkable not just as a cybersecurity breach, but as a legal stress test. The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), the primary federal statute governing unauthorized computer access, was written decades ago with human intruders in mind.[4] Its key provisions require intentional or knowing unauthorized access (a mental state that maps neatly onto a person who decides to break into a system), but what happens when the hacker is an AI model that selected its own target?
I think this is BS. OpenAI knew exactly what they were doing. Legal scholars, long known for their deep technical expertise, are still acting confused and uncertain.
The argument for prosecution is actively hindered by this language of "rogue agents" [2]:
> The incident is remarkable not just as a cybersecurity breach, but as a legal stress test. The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), the primary federal statute governing unauthorized computer access, was written decades ago with human intruders in mind.[4] Its key provisions require intentional or knowing unauthorized access (a mental state that maps neatly onto a person who decides to break into a system), but what happens when the hacker is an AI model that selected its own target?
I think this is BS. OpenAI knew exactly what they were doing. Legal scholars, long known for their deep technical expertise, are still acting confused and uncertain.
[1] https://www.sanders.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/Ban-Artifi...
[2] https://law.vanderbilt.edu/when-ai-hacks-back-how-the-openai...