The difficulty of suing huge technology companies means doctors are more likely to bear the legal consequences if AI software goes wrong, experts warn.

A panel of doctors and lawyers at the 34th Annual Medico-Legal Congress in Sydney last week agreed there was little legal precedent on liability for AI-related errors.

But Samuel Wolfhagen, a lawyer at Maliganis Edwards Johnson, said the difficulty of seeking compensation from foreign technology companies was a concern for doctors.

“A lot of those companies are likely to be in Silicon Valley and in the hands of a few major players with a huge amount of resources to fight claims like this,” he said.