The Law Closed the "The AI Did It" Defence. Now You Need the Proof

From 1 January 2026, California law bars defendants from blaming an artificial intelligence (AI) system's autonomy for the harm it caused. Singapore and the European Union (EU) are pulling the same way. The excuse is gone; what remains is whether you can prove what your agent did, under whose authority, and whether a human could have stopped it.Originally published at https://mickai.co.uk/articles/the-ai-did-it-defence-is-dead. Mickai is a Sovereign Intelligence Operating System; the Open Audit Record signs every artificial intelligence action before it executes, post-quantum and offline-verifiable. 101 filed UK patent applications, Mickai LTD (Companies House 17166618).