Anthropic says rogue AI agents pose uncertain legal risk for the company

Anthropic could face legal claims from customers and users over the actions of rogue artificial intelligence agents, though the legal framework is uncertain, the company said in the prospectus for its stock market debut seen by Reuters.

While it gears up for what could be the largest initial public offering ever, Anthropic faces the possibility of vast unknown legal risk if its agentic AI technology — designed to maintain deep access to customers’ systems and run autonomously for days at a time — goes rogue.