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Your AI Agent Just Acted on Its Own. Who's Liable — You or the Machine?
An airline once argued in a tribunal that its chatbot was a separate legal entity, responsible for its own actions. It lost. Now the machines don't just talk — they act, execute multi-step tasks, and move money. Dr. Vivian Atud, economist and AI governance thinker, unpacks Yale CELI's landmark cross-industry research showing 2026 as the year agentic AI shifted from capability to execution — while governance lagged behind. Inside: what the EU AI Act's August 2026 enforcement phase actually demands, why penalties reach 7% of global turnover, and The Accountability Chain™ — a five-link framework…
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