Who to sue when a robot loses your fortune

By Thomas Beardsworth and Nishant Kumar

TECH
Monday, 06 May 2019
5:50 AM MYT

FILE PHOTO: U.S. dollar notes are seen in front of a stock graph in this November 7, 2016 picture illustration. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

Robots are getting more humanoid every day, but they still can’t be sued.

So a Hong Kong tycoon is doing the next best thing. He’s going after the salesman who persuaded him to entrust a chunk of his fortune to the supercomputer whose trades cost him more than US$20mil (RM82.97mil).

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