It would be an awful precedent if you're not liable for crimes your agent commits, even when you've been clearly lax about security.

It would mean you could effectively legally run a cyber crime gang by turning a blind eye and maitaining plausible deniability

The trick is scale. I suspect if an individual of reasonable means uses agents to commit crime, they will be hels accountable. A heavily capitalized startup? Not unless someone in government decides to do their competition a favor.

Exactly.

If you want to test military missiles, you do it in the f'ing desert, not from New Jersey.

You want to run ai without guardrails, do it in an airgapped system or be held accountable.

the 'arrest the parents!!!' has moved to the online domain, rightfully

Why do you think the stock prices are so high?

Are you liable for crimes commited with the use of the software you've written?