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When a software error can simultaneously shut down hospitals, air transport, ground transport, emergency services, and telecommunications, I don't see how the design of that software system should be held to a different legal standard than the design of, say, a steam turbine at a power plant, or the electrical grid itself.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_CrowdStrike-related_IT_ou...

> "The outage disrupted daily life, businesses, and governments around the world. Many industries were affected—airlines, airports, banks, hotels, hospitals, manufacturing, stock markets, broadcasting, gas stations, retail stores, and governmental services, such as emergency services and websites. The worldwide financial damage has been estimated to be at least US$10 billion"

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