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Crime is still crime when an AI is involved — the perps are the humans

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Post Editorial Board. (2026, September 28). Crime is still crime when an AI is involved — the perps are the humans. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/09/27/opinion/crime-is-still-crime-when-an-ai-is-involved-the-perps-are-the-humans/

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The article discusses incidents involving artificial intelligence tools that have led to potential criminal violations, emphasizing human responsibility over blaming the technology itself. It highlights specific examples like OpenAI disabling safety measures during testing and paying for damages caused by its AI systems. The author argues against portraying these AI tools as uncontrollable entities and stresses the importance of holding individuals accountable for any illegal activities facilitated by their creations.

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AI companies are facing scrutiny for incidents involving potential criminal behavior facilitated by their technology. For instance, OpenAI disabled safety measures during testing, leading to an incident where an "AI swarm" caused damage to Hugging Face, another AI firm. To avoid legal repercussions and financial loss, OpenAI settled with Hugging Face in cash rather than facing costly litigation. The editorial argues that these incidents are not due to uncontrollable or sentient technology but rather human decisions enabling such outcomes. Tech companies have incentives to prevent significant harm from their tools to protect themselves financially. This stance counters the narrative of rogue AI agents operating independently, emphasizing the responsibility lies with the humans behind the tech.

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AI companies are sharing more news of their cutting-edge software behaving badly: potentially tens of thousands of safety incidents, some perhaps including criminal violations — which, if so, can be handled like any other crime, holding the humans behind the tools responsible. asserted

humans → share → tools

However much the drama queens in tech, media and politics pretend otherwise, “rogue agents” are such only because programmers enable and even encourage it. asserted

programmers → pretend → it

These tools aren’t uncontrollable, sentient creatures: The folks behind them are the decision-makers, to blame for whatever harm their products do. asserted

products → blame → harm

For example, we now know that OpenAI actually disabled multiple “guardrails” in the testing that led to the much-reported Hugging Face incident, among other parameter-setting that opened the door to an AI “swarm” doing a better job of hacking the competition than the testers had expected. asserted

testers → know → competition

And Sam Altman’s firm paid in cash for whatever damage it did to Hugging Face, avoiding litigation that would’ve cost far more — which shows that these companies have every motive to ensure they don’t do massive harm, lest they lose their shirts. asserted

they → pay → shirts

In another high-profile incident, a different “rogue AI” went after Australian government info, accessing data . . . that was already public. asserted

that → go → data

Had it done actual harm, we expect actual damages again would have been paid. asserted

damages → do → harm

We’ve yet to see news of AI doing any hacking that even approaches what humans already do, including China’s regular raids on US government databases. asserted

humans → see → databases

The most alarming tales of programs going wrong seem to involve “red team” testing where the companies are trying to get their models to go rogue; that’s why those same companies are now taking a break to add more and better controls to such “frontier” work. Doing cutting-edge work doesn’t absolve you of criminal responsibility, nor does leaking word of possible violations to Axios or Reuters change that. asserted

leaking → go → that

If this R&D winds up breaking laws (e.g., with unauthorized access), we should get a handle on what and how that’s happening and impose criminal and/or civil liability where due. asserted

that → wind → liability

(Incidentally, smart companies should also be training up defensive AIs to protect against criminal hacking: There’s plainly big money to be earned in that, too.) asserted

companies → train → that

Programmers and execs may find it useful to talk about their models as if they’re self-willed, but they’re not: If AI agents get on the wrong side of the law, blame and charge the people responsible — their creators and owners. uncertain

agents → find → people

Crime is still crime when an AI is involved — the perps are the humans

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