Tech Brief: AI liability presumption, digitalising energy, Google’s record fine confirmed

 

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“These measures will help persons seeking compensation for damage caused by AI systems to handle their burden of proof so that justified liability claims can be successful.”

-A leaked draft of the AI Liability Directive

Story of the week: The upcoming EU liability regime focused on the damage caused by AI and would place a presumption of causality on the defendant, according to an early copy of the proposal seen by EURACTIV. The AI Liability Directive, due for publication on 28 September, is intended to accompany the AI Act by establishing how someone damaged in an accident where AI was involved can make a civil lawsuit to claim damages. On the same day, the Commission is also due to present the Product Liability Directive, horizontal legislation that will cover all kinds of software. Criminal law, the transport sectors and contractual obligations are excluded from the scope. (...)