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14.10.2026
Who pays if an AI-controlled satellite causes a collision?
Marco Galli analyzes the new legal challenges posed by artificial intelligence in the space sector on Agenda Digitale – Nextwork360.
If a satellite can autonomously assess a risk and decide on an evasive maneuver, what happens when that decision causes damage?
Between the 1972 Liability Convention, European AI regulations, and Italy’s new Space Law, one fundamental question remains unanswered: how do we assign liability when an algorithm is the one making the decision?