The past standard for this behaviour was criminal law
The past standard for this behaviour was criminal law
Posted Aug 5, 2026 4:54 UTC (Wed) by gdt (subscriber, #6284)Parent article: An LLM agent attempts to compromise a project on GitHub
The Morris Worm of 1988 was a automated system which was miscoded and had unintended consequences. Robert Tappen Morris was convicted and sentenced to probation (ie, not to write such code), to community service, and to some fines.
How does this and other recent scenarios scenario fall short of the criminal law expressly written for these circumstances?