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Product liability: Which legal theory most directly governs the manufacturer's exposure?

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Physical injury caused by a design defect in an AI-enabled product is governed by product-liability law.

The question

An AI-driven safety feature in a consumer appliance misjudges a hazard and causes physical injury, traceable to a flaw in how the system was designed. Which legal theory most directly governs the manufacturer's exposure?

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  1. Copyright infringement, holding a party responsible for unauthorized reproduction of a protected creative work
    Plausible only superficially: copyright concerns creative works, not physical injury from a defective product.
  2. Breach of confidentiality, holding a party responsible for disclosing information it was obliged to keep secret
    Confidentiality addresses information disclosure, which is unrelated to a physical safety defect causing harm.
  3. Product liability, holding a manufacturer responsible for injuries caused by a design or manufacturing defect ✓
    Correct: injury from a defective design in a product is squarely a product-liability matter for the manufacturer.
  4. Insider trading, holding a party responsible for trading on material nonpublic information about a company
    A securities-law concept with no connection to injuries caused by a defective AI-driven product feature.
The trap
Reaching for an information-based or securities legal theory when the harm is a physical product defect.

How to remember it

Physical injury caused by a design defect in an AI-enabled product is governed by product-liability law.

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