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Who is liable when artificial intelligence makes mistakes?

Insurers are quietly rewriting the rules. AI mistakes? Not covered anymore.

Reporting by Financial Times Technology 1 min brief
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Why it matters

As AI deployment accelerates across enterprise, liability frameworks are fragmenting. Insurers excluding AI-related harms from corporate policies forces companies to either self-insure AI risk or face uninsurable gaps—reshaping how boards budget for AI implementation and compliance.

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4 to know

  1. Insurers actively excluding AI-related harms from corporate liability coverage

  2. Liability gap emerging for companies deploying AI systems

  3. Policy implications for enterprise AI adoption and board-level risk assessment

  4. Insurance market response to undefined AI accountability standards

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Publisher excerpt: Insurers are seeking to exclude AI-related harms from their corporate liability cover
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