1st Edition

AI and Tort Liability Rethinking, Recalibrating, and Reallocating Risk and Responsibility

By Juan Diaz-Granados Copyright 2026
98 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

98 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book provides a novel framework for adapting tort law to the challenges of artificial intelligence (AI) in all of its forms—from machine learning to generative models to autonomous and agentic systems. Centered on a liability matrix, this book maps AI systems into four zones according to their private and public risks and benefits, and it prescribes tailored liability mechanisms for... Read more

Preface

Acknowledgements

 

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO AI AND TORT LIABILITY          

CHAPTER 2:  ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE – PRELIMINARY NOTES          

A.        The Historical Development of AI

B.        Conceptual Framework         

C.        Taxonomy of AI        

CHAPTER 3: CHALLENGING FEATURES OF AI SYSTEMS    

A.        Complexity of AI Architecture         

B.        Duality of AI Systems

C.        AI Plutocracy 

D.        AI International and Supranational Impact   

CHAPTER 4: DOCTRINAL ISSUES OF TORT LAW IN AI        

A.        Fault and Foreseeability        

B.        Complex Causation   

C.        Damage and Compensable Harm      

D.        Emerging AI-Specific Risks  

E.         Evidentiary Issues      

F.         Distributed Liability  

CHAPTER 5: THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK FOR AI TORT LIABILITY    

A.        Tort Liability and Theory      

B.        Theoretical Dualism for AI Tort Liability    

CHAPTER 6: DYNAMIC FRAMEWORK OF AI TORT LIABILITY           

A.        Green Zone    

B.        Yellow Zone  

C.        Orange Zone  

D.        Red Zone       

CHAPTER 7: CONCLUSION 

Biography

Juan Diaz-Granados is a senior lecturer at the Australian Catholic University. His research examines the legal implications of emerging technologies, and his publications include a book on the sharing economy and numerous articles in leading national and international law journals.