The EU wants to put companies on the hook for harmful AI

The new bill, called the AI Liability Directive, will add teeth to the EU's AI Act, which is set to become EU law around the same time. The AI Act would require extra checks for "high risk" uses of AI that have the most potential to harm people, including systems for policing, recruitment, or health care. The new liability bill would give people and companies the right to sue for damages after being harmed by an AI system. The goal is to hold developers, producers, and users of the technologies accountable, and require them to explain how their AI systems were built and trained. Tech companies that fail to follow the rules risk EU-wide class actions.