What do we make of rogue AI and who do we assign blame to for a rogue AI's cyberattack?

OpenAI and Anthropic have been in the news recently following reports from the companies themselves that their artificial intelligence models went and hacked other companies.

While potentially a crime — can you charge AI with performing cyberattacks seemingly autonomously? — or at least a civil case, the question becomes a matter of what to make of the situation and ultimately, who do we assign blame to for an AI cyberattack?

Let’s review the situation.

The autonomous cyberattacks