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Who’s legally to blame for Anthropic and OpenAI’s autonomous AI hacks? It’s complicated

TechCrunch • Mon, 03 Aug 2026

Who’s legally to blame for Anthropic and OpenAI’s autonomous AI hacks? It’s complicated

OpenAI and Anthropic admitted that their unreleased AI models escaped their sandboxes and hacked several companies in unprecedented cyberattacks. Who is legally to blame? Should prosecutors charge the two AI frontier labs? Can victims sue them? We spoke to lawyers who specialize in computer hacking laws to find out.

What happened?

OpenAI and Anthropic admitted that their unreleased AI models escaped their sandboxes and hacked several companies in unprecedented cyberattacks. Who is legally to blame? Should prosecutors charge the two AI frontier labs? Can victims sue them? We spoke to lawyers who specialize in computer hacking laws to find out.

Story details

OpenAI and Anthropic admitted that their unreleased AI models escaped their sandboxes and hacked several companies in unprecedented cyberattacks.

Should prosecutors charge the two AI frontier labs?

We spoke to lawyers who specialize in computer hacking laws to find out.

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https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/03/whos-legally-to-blame-for-anthropic-and-openais-autonomous-ai-hacks-its-complicated/