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FTC chair says AI developers, not agents, should be liable for harm

Aiden Reed September 25, 2026 AI Policy 0 Comments

Abstract diagram on a deep teal field: a sand-outlined circle labeled Developer Instructor holds a simple cursor glyph and connects by a solid Instruct arrow to a hex chip labeled Agent Tool / Not an Actor; a coral Liability arrow curves back to the developer, with a small FTC scales Regulator tile above the chain. No people.

At Reuters Momentum AI Austin on September 25, 2026, FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson said he will keep resisting talk of AI agents as independent actors…