Regulon — S-05 · AI Product Liability & Duty of Care

S-05

Safety & Prohibited Conduct

AI Product Liability & Duty of Care

Developers and Deployers bear a duty of care and product liability for injuries their AI systems cause to users, including liability for defective design, inadequate warnings of foreseeable dangers, and breach of express warranty. Statutes in this category may classify an AI system as a product for product-liability purposes and impose liability regardless of privity or exercise of reasonable care.

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S-05.1	Design-Defect and Duty-of-Care Liability Developers bear product liability for AI systems that cause harm through defective design or failure to exercise reasonable care, where the developer knew or should have known of the defect, accounted for intended and reasonably foreseeable uses, and a feasible safer alternative design existed. Documented pre-deployment testing, risk mitigation, and risk disclosure may establish a rebuttable presumption of non-defectiveness.	0Enacted	2Live	0Failed	2Total	Jump →

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S-05.1

Design-Defect and Duty-of-Care Liability

Developers bear product liability for AI systems that cause harm through defective design or failure to exercise reasonable care, where the developer knew or should have known of the defect, accounted for intended and reasonably foreseeable uses, and a feasible safer alternative design existed. Documented pre-deployment testing, risk mitigation, and risk disclosure may establish a rebuttable presumption of non-defectiveness.

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MD HB 952 (Companion Chatbots) § Md. Code, Com. Law § 14–1330(I)

Engrossed eff 2026-10-01

A companion chatbot is considered a product. Operators and developers have an affirmative duty to ensure the chatbot does not injure or harm a user. Operators or developers may be held strictly liable for causing injury or harm to a user. An individual may bring an action for a design defect, a manufacturing defect, or a marketing defect.

SC SB 896 (Chatbot Protection Act) § S.C. Code § 39-80-50

Introduced

Chatbots are classified as products for product liability purposes. Chatbot providers have a duty to ensure that use of the chatbot does not cause injury to a user. A chatbot provider is liable for any injury caused to a user regardless of whether the provider exercised all reasonable care in design and distribution, and regardless of whether the provider directly distributed the chatbot to the user or entered into a contractual relationship with the user.