When the Vendor's Assurance Falls Away: How AI Liability Lands on the Deployer

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This article argues that AI liability is shifting from model vendors to the organizations that deploy AI systems. It explains how the EU AI Act, negligence law, insurance underwriting, and regulatory inquiries increasingly place responsibility on deployers. The piece emphasizes that vendors' assurances and standard contracts do not protect buyers if they cannot prove reasonable care. It also positions signed, tamper-evident audit records as the key evidence deployers need to defend their AI decisions. The article ultimately presents auditability and record integrity as central controls for managing AI risk in regulated environments.

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