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Ohio sponsors bill to bar AI personhood, place legal liability on humans and organizations
Summary
Representative Claggett presented sponsor testimony on House Bill 469 arguing AI systems should be legally defined as non‑sentient and not eligible for personhood; the bill would assign legal responsibility for harms to owners, developers or operators and seeks to prevent corporations or actors from using AI to evade accountability.
Representative Claggett offered sponsor testimony for House Bill 469 on Oct. 14, telling the Technology Innovation Committee that the bill would establish a clear legal framework declaring artificial intelligence systems non‑sentient and therefore ineligible for legal personhood under Ohio law.
“AI may simulate human reason to a degree, but it cannot and must not be permitted to supplant it,” Claggett said, arguing the bill affirms that liability for injury or damage…
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