CIVIL LIABILITY OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS: CONTEMPORARY LEGAL ISSUES AND REGULATORY APPROACHES
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artificial intelligence, artificial intelligence liability, tort law, intellectual property law, unlawful conduct, probable natural consequence, royaltiesAbstract
This article explores theoretical and practical issues related to the civil liability of an artificial intelligence system for its actions or omissions. In addition, various approaches and concepts of civil liability for offenses committed by artificial intelligence are scientifically analyzed. As a result of the study, it is substantiated that there are insufficient legal grounds for recognizing artificial intelligence as an independent subject of civil liability at the current stage. It is also concluded that issues related to the improvement of civil law relations in the field of artificial intelligence and the determination of its legal status need to be studied more deeply from a scientific and normative-legal point of view in the near future.
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