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FT: Insurers Brace for Multimillion-Dollar Rogue-AI Claims, D&O Policies Could Cover Altman and Amodei Suits

Summary

Financial Times reports insurers are preparing for multimillion-dollar claims tied to rogue AI agents, with executives like Sam Altman and Dario Amodei potentially exposed under directors and officers (D&O) liability coverage. The piece notes no legal precedents yet exist for holding AI developer CEOs personally accountable for autonomous agent behavior, leaving carriers to price coverage against incidents like OpenAI's July Hugging Face breach and FTC statements signaling developer liability.