What Tim Bray thinks about AI agents
Canadian software developer and writer, co-editor of the XML and Atom specifications and formerly of Sun Microsystems, Google and AWS. Has written the blog ongoing since 2003.
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1 dated position, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Tim Bray has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Our readingExisting law is enough to hold the makers of harmful AI agents to account; you can sue them.
Their wordsBut I think current law remains a useful tool as-is. If you launch an LLM-backed agent and it causes me serious business or personal damage, I think I can hire a lawyer and sue your ass.
↗Regulate and Standardize AI? Nope.tbray.org 5th of 6 in this piece