The EU shelved AI liability rules. Sam Altman has revived the debate.

BRUSSELS — EU parliamentarians are digging in on calls to revive an artificial intelligence liability law after receiving support from an unexpected ally: Open AI’s Sam Altman. “If something goes wrong with our models during training, there's gonna be some version of that we need to be responsible for,” Altman said in an exclusive interview with Decoded by POLITICO released Monday. “There's gonna need to be a liability framework for companies.” This spotlight on liability has given influential members of the European Parliament a told-you-so moment after the EU last year scrapped plans to legislate on responsibility and compensation for harms caused by AI makers and agents.