Anat Lior, JSD

Assistant Professor of Law

Lior is a leading scholar in artificial intelligence liability, policy, and regulation, with a focus on the emerging field of AI-designated insurance policies.

Her academic work includes “Insuring AI: The Role of Insurance in Artificial Intelligence Regulation” (Harvard Journal of Law and Technology), “Innovating Liability: The Virtuous Cycle of Torts, Technology, and Liability Insurance” (Yale Journal of Law and Technology) and “E/Insuring the AI Age: Empirical Insights into Artificial Intelligence Liability Policies” (Connecticut Insurance Law Journal).

Lior earned her LLM and JSD from Yale Law School. Her dissertation examined the intersection of AI liability and liability insurance. Lior served as a postdoctoral researcher at Yale, focusing on AI regulation and the global dynamics shaping national AI policies. She has been featured on multiple podcasts including “The Ballpark Podcast,” “Smarter Campus Podcast,” and “Scaling Laws.” Lior has also appeared on NBC-10 in Philadelphia.

Lior is a winter research fellow with the Institute For Law and AI. She is also a member of the Montgomery County Advisory Council on Artificial Intelligence for the Public Good and is a frequent speaker at conferences and academic panels on AI governance and responsibility.

In The News

An AI Model’s False Tip to Philadelphia Police Reveals how Digital Agents Can Do as They’re Told and Still Cause Trouble
Anat Lior, JD, an assistant professor in the Kline School of Law, authored an Oct. 21 column in The Conversation about an AI model that provided a false tip to Philadelphia Police during a test and what this situation reveals about the risks of using AI agents.
Could AI Firms be Held Responsible for Mass Shootings?
Anat Lior, JD, an assistant professor in the Kline School of Law, was interviewed for a Sept. 26 Al Jazeera story about whether AI firms could be held libel for mass shootings.
Making Companies Liable Could Rein in Runaway AI
Anat Lior, JSD, an assistant professor in the Kline School of Law, was quoted in an Aug. 13 Axios article about how forcing companies to pay up when powerful AI systems cause harm may be one of the strongest incentives for preventing that harm in the first place.
Should AIs be Required to Report a Human User Contemplating Violence?
Anat Lior, JD, an assistant professor in the Kline School of Law, authored a May 26 column for The Conversation about whether AIs should be required to report a human user contemplating violence.
Authorities Say She Asked ChatGPT About Mixing Alcohol and Medication. Then, Two Men Turned up Dead.  
Anat Lior, JD, an assistant professor in the Kline School of Law, was quoted in a May 12 story in NBC News Online about a woman in South Korea who is accused of using AI programs to aid in a murder.
Tarasoff Meets the AI Age
Anat Lior, JD, an assistant professor in the Kline School of Law, wrote a piece for Lawfare on April 20 about how imposing a duty on AI firms to protect or warn users could bring valuable clarity to the uncertain AI liability landscape.
Illinois is OpenAI and Anthropic’s Latest Battleground as the State Tries to Assess Liability for Catastrophes Caused by AI
Anat Lior, JD, an assistant professor in the Kline School of Law, was interviewed for an article on April 17 that appeared in Fortune about OpenAI and Anthropic backing opposite AI catastrophe bills in Illinois. The story was also republished in Yahoo! News.
Lawsuit: Google Gemini Coached Man on Failed Miami “Mission,” Then Suicide  
Anat Lior, JD, an assistant professor in the Kline School of Law, was interviewed for a March 5 Miami Herald story story about a lawsuit attempting to hold Gemini creator Google LLC and parent company Alphabet Inc. accountable in a Florida suicide case. The story was republished in Yahoo! News.
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