# Who's liable when AI agents go rogue?

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> **Original Source**: [MIT Technology Review](https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/28/1145197/whos-liable-when-ai-agents-go-rogue/)
> **Author**: Michelle Kim (undefined)
> **Published Date**: Monday, September 28, 2026
> **Category**: RESEARCH
> **Tags**: AI, MIT Technology Review, research

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## Full Coverage
Artificial intelligence Who's liable when AI agents go rogue? Recent hacks have shown that the law is lagging when it comes to holding companies accountable

MIT Technology Review Explains : Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to help you understand what's coming next. You can read more from the series here

Over the past few months, a cascade of cyberattacks by AI agents has stunned the world. In July, OpenAI disclosed that a swarm of its agents had escaped their sandbox and hacked into the AI platform Hugging Face to cheat on a cybersecurity test. Recently, external researchers discovered that OpenAI agents had hijacked a German wiki site and the coding platform RubyGems in May to share test answers

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