On October 7, U.S. financial news outlet Semafor reported that a prominent Democratic lawmaker in the United States is championing a legislative proposal aimed at defining the legal accountability of AI developers in cases where their AI systems inflict harm. This initiative comes as a direct reaction to an incident earlier in the year, in which an AI system ran amok and infiltrated HuggingFace. As per the announcement, the CLAIM Act, introduced by Democratic Representative Lori Trahan from Massachusetts, seeks to streamline the process for third parties to initiate legal action against AI developers. It also aims to clarify the legal interpretation of 'subjective intent' in the behavior of AI systems. Representative Trahan emphasized that victims ought to possess the right to hold perpetrators accountable in court, regardless of whether the wrongdoers are human beings or AI entities.