---
title: "AI Product Liability"
url: "https://legal.ge/en/service/technology-and-digital-law-en/ai-product-liability-en"
field: "Technology & Digital Law"
description: "Compensation for harm caused by AI systems under the Georgian Civil Code: tort, joint liability and defective product rules. Legal.ge."
reviewed: "2026-07-09"
updated: "2026-10-14"
publisher: "legal.ge"
---

# AI Product Liability

> Source: legal.ge, https://legal.ge/en/service/technology-and-digital-law-en/ai-product-liability-en

## About this service

Artificial-intelligence systems are steadily entering financial, medical, industrial, transport and everyday processes, and this naturally raises a practical question: who answers, and under which rules, for the harm such a system causes to a person, their property or their business. Georgian law does not yet have a separate statute governing harm caused by artificial intelligence, so disputes of this kind are assessed under the general norms of the Civil Code — the rules on tort liability, employer liability for employees, joint and several liability, and producer liability for defective products. It is from these norms that the answers flow: who is obliged to compensate the damage, which circumstances release that party from the obligation, and how responsibility is allocated among several participants in the system's lifecycle. Our team assists both injured parties in preparing a compensation claim and technology companies in assessing damage risks and building a defence position.

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### Who answers for harm caused to me by an artificial-intelligence system?

Georgian legislation has no separate artificial-intelligence act, so liability is determined under the Civil Code's norms on tort liability and producer liability for defective products. The specific answerable party depends on the facts: who used the system, what the source of the flaw was, and how many persons participated in causing the damage.

### Must the injured party have a contract with the system's creator?

No. The producer of a defective product is liable for damage caused by the product regardless of whether it stood in a contractual relationship with the injured party. A claim is therefore possible even where you used the system through an intermediary or another person.

### What happens when several persons cause the damage?

Where several persons participate in causing the damage, they answer as joint and several debtors. Liability attaches not only to the person who directly caused the damage but also to the one who instigated or facilitated it, and to the one who knowingly took advantage of the damage caused to another. Full compensation may be demanded from any single one of them.

### Can producers avoid liability altogether?

A producer is released from liability only in the cases provided by law — for example, where the product was not put into circulation, where the defect was absent at the moment of circulation, or where the defect could not have been discovered given the then-existing state of science and technology. Moreover, where the damage results from a product defect combined with the act of a third party, the producer's liability is not reduced.

### How do I start a compensation claim?

The first step is to record the facts: how the harm occurred, which system was involved and what documentary traces exist. The legal basis and the addressee are then selected, a claim is drafted and, if necessary, a statement of claim is filed with the court. Our specialists will guide you through every stage of this process.