Legal accountability

Sub-category

Risk Domain

6Socioeconomic & Environmental

6.5Governance failure

Inadequate regulatory frameworks and oversight mechanisms that fail to keep pace with AI development, leading to ineffective governance and the inability to manage AI risks appropriately.

"Determining who is responsible for an AI model is challenging without good documentation and governance processes."

Entity— Who or what caused the harm

Human

Due to a decision or action made by humans

AI system

Due to a decision or action made by an AI system

Other

Due to some other reason or is ambiguous

Intent— Whether the harm was intentional or accidental

Intentional

Due to an expected outcome from pursuing a goal

Unintentional

Due to an unexpected outcome from pursuing a goal

Other

Without clearly specifying the intentionality

Timing— Whether the risk is pre- or post-deployment

Pre-deployment

Occurring before the AI is deployed

Post-deployment

Occurring after the AI model has been trained and deployed

Other

Without a clearly specified time of occurrence

Supporting Evidence (1)

"If ownership for development of the model is uncertain, regulators and others might have concerns about the model. It would not be clear who would be liable and responsible for the problems with it or can answer questions about it. Users of models without clear ownership might find challenges with compliance with future AI regulation."