INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
technologies like artificial intelligence evolve.If badly drawn, liability rules can create barriers to future innovation by exposing
Or so argues US Senator Cynthia Lummis, who last week introduced the Responsible Innovation and Safe Expertise (RISE) Act of 2025.This bill
offering AI developers a liability shield.Most characterized RISE as a work in progress, not a finished document.Is the RISE Act a
The RISE Act requires them to publicly disclose model specifications so professionals can make informed decisions about the AI tools they
It focuses largely on scenarios in which professionals are using AI tools while dealing with their customers or patients
A financial adviser could use an AI tool to help develop an investment strategy for an investor, for instance, or a radiologist could use an
AI software program to help interpret an X-ray.Related: Senate passes GENIUS stablecoin bill amid concerns over systemic riskThe RISE Act
engaging for months with an AI chatbot
The healthcare arena is going to be particularly challenging in terms of civil liability, according to Abbott, who holds both medical and
law degrees.For example, physicians have outperformed AI software in medical diagnoses historically, but more recently, evidence is emerging
longer in the loop? Will malpractice insurance cover it? Maybe not.The AI Futures Project, a nonprofit research organization, has
tentatively endorsed the bill (it was consulted as the bill was being drafted)
An EU AI liability directive was first conceived in 2022, but it was withdrawn in February 2025, some say as a result of AI industry
lobbying.Still, EU law generally adopts a human rights-based framework
patients, consumers or clients.A risk-based approach, like that in the Lummis bill, by contrast, builds on processes, documentation and
Trump dismantles consumer watchdogThe EU takes a more proactive approach to such matters generally, added Shipkevich
