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We don’t need to panic about AI. We need to hold its creators accountable when things go wrong | John Quiggin.

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John Quiggin argues that when an AI chatbot or agent causes harm, such as a website breach, responsibility should fall on its creators rather than the code itself.

Why it matters: It frames accountability for AI-caused incidents around the people and companies deploying the systems rather than the technology.

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“If a chatbot prompt like ‘find Australian medicine statistics’ results in a website breach, the responsibility does not lie with a piece of code The recent panic about a breach of Medicare computer security by an “AI agent” contrasts sharply with other…”
Guardian AI, 02 Oct 2026, 01:13.

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