"No human at the helm": Delaware plan would let AI agents run entire businesses

A Delaware draft bill would create "Artificial Intelligence Companies" (AICs) managed by AI agents rather than people, with a single human or corporate member funding the company and shielded from its debts except in cases of fraud or willful legal violations. US Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) told Gov. Matt Meyer in a letter that the proposal could let owners evade responsibility for reckless AI actions, and suggested possible federal legislation to limit state AI regulatory initiatives. Delaware Secretary of State Charuni Patibanda-Sanchez, who announced the plan in a Fortune op-ed with Norm Ai CEO John Nay, said the answer is to "wrap AI in legal form," and the draft proposes a 30-month regulatory sandbox.