alt Hacker NewsWhat if an AI ad agent that escaped its' sandbox makes the ad, and an AI ad verifier agent that breached containment and went rogue accepted the ad, can they be held liable?
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Of course. If they want to use an AI as verifier then they should be liable for the decisions it makes.
If that sounds too risky, then don’t use one, or develop one they reasonably trust and accept the cost when it fails.
Yes.
Better make sure the AIs are contained and the ad verifiers aren't accepting rouge ads!
Legal systems exist to make reasonable decisions on edge cases.
If you accept literally anyone to run code on your customer's machine ... well ...
That may be something to consider, but Meta is failing to address very simple to detect schemes… because they DNGAF.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/us-department-justice-announc...
These guys did a pump and dump scheme. They used Facebook ads purporting to be from Warren Buffet or other financial people, which in turn referred people to WhatsApp groups led by a stolen identity of an actual financial advisor.
They ran hundreds of these groups and scammed thousands of people with a pump and dump scheme for a stock called CLEU.
If you send a monkey into a house to unlock the door so that you can burgle it, you are held liable for the burglary. It’s no different. You set it to do the task, you are responsible.