Harari Warning Resurfaces in Fintech: 'AI Traders Must Never Hide Behind the Machine'

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A Finextra commentary builds on Yuval Noah Harari's Financial Times warning against granting legal personhood to AI agents, arguing accountability for AI-driven trading must stay with humans. As autonomous agents move into regulated financial decision-making, the legal-personhood question becomes a concrete liability issue rather than a thought experiment. It's an early marker of governance debates that will shape how agentic finance is deployed.