--- title: Excuses like 'AI did it' don't exist in the eyes of the law description: Organizations and individuals cannot use AI as a legal excuse when things go wrong — liability still falls on humans and companies deploying AI systems. The... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/excuses-like-ai-did-it-don-t-exist-in-the-eyes-of-the-law-yc6ld2gzv twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Excuses like 'AI did it' don't exist in the eyes of the law | daily.dev og:description: Organizations and individuals cannot use AI as a legal excuse when things go wrong — liability still falls on humans and companies deploying AI systems. The... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/excuses-like-ai-did-it-don-t-exist-in-the-eyes-of-the-law-yc6ld2gzv og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/yC6lD2Gzv.png og:image:alt: Excuses like 'AI did it' don't exist in the eyes of the law og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Excuses like 'AI did it' don't exist in the eyes of the law **[The Register](https://daily.dev/sources/theregister)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Organizations and individuals cannot use AI as a legal excuse when things go wrong — liability still falls on humans and companies deploying AI systems. The piece highlights the legal reality that 'AI did it' is not a valid defense in the eyes of the law. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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