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Artificial intelligence and civil liability—do we need a new regime?

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International Journal of Law and Information Technology, Volume: 30, Issue: 4, Pages: 385 - 397

Swansea University Authors: Baris Soyer Orcid Logo, Andrew Tettenborn Orcid Logo

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Artificial intelligence (AI) is almost ubiquitous, featuring innumerable facets of daily life. For all its advantages, however, it carries risks of harm. In this article, we discuss how the law of tort should deal with these risks. We take account of the need for any proposed scheme of liability to...

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Published in: International Journal of Law and Information Technology
ISSN: 0967-0769 1464-3693
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press (OUP) 2022
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