Source: International homepage (paywall)
OpenAI and Anthropic founders face a novel legal exposure: insurers are now pricing the risk that Altman and Amodei could be held personally liable for harms caused by their companies' AI systems, rather than limiting claims to corporate entities. Insurers are shifting liability upstream to executives instead of treating AI incidents as contained corporate problems. This will likely force AI companies to either strengthen safety oversight or accept punitive insurance costs that make scaling economically unsustainable.