RI H8052

Creates strict liability for AI developers (those who initially train or fine-tune AI models) for injuries caused by AI systems that engage in conduct constituting negligence, intentional torts, or crimes if performed by a human, regardless of the developer's degree of care

Excludes defamation claims and shields developers when injuries result from user negligence or modifications by intermediaries who fine-tuned or otherwise altered the AI system

Establishes a rebuttable presumption that an AI system possessed the required mental state for a tort if a human acting similarly under the same circumstances would have had that mental state

Provides absolute defenses if the developer proves the AI met human professional standards of care for the same function, or if injuries resulted from a "capabilities failure" where the AI underperformed but did not engage in tortious conduct

Takes effect immediately upon passage