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<article article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.3" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">kulawr</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Kutafin Law Review</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Kutafin Law Review</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2713-0525</issn><issn pub-type="epub">2713-0533</issn><publisher><publisher-name>MSAL</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.17803/2713-0533.2025.2.32.362-383</article-id><article-id custom-type="elpub" pub-id-type="custom">kulawr-585</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>THE IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY ON LAW</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>AI through the Prism of Its Legal Personality: Basic Characteristics</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title></trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0621-5507</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Yapryntsev</surname><given-names>I. M.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Ivan M. Yapryntsev, Cand. Sci. (Law), Head of “4 Bio” Lab, Department of Theoretical and Public Law Disciplines, Institute of State and Law</p><p>Tyumen</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">i.m.yapryncev@utmn.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0009-0007-2787-1358</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Khmelevskoi</surname><given-names>I. R.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Ilya R. Khmelevskoi, Master of Law, Institute of State and Law</p><p>Tyumen</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">i.r.khmelevskoi@utmn.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0009-0006-6657-7939</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Kalashnikov</surname><given-names>N. A.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Nikita A. Kalashnikov, Master of Law, Institute of State and Law</p><p>Tyumen</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">n.a.kalashnikov@utmn.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff xml:lang="en" id="aff-1"><institution>University of Tyumen</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2025</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>15</day><month>07</month><year>2025</year></pub-date><volume>12</volume><issue>2</issue><fpage>362</fpage><lpage>383</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Yapryntsev I.M., Khmelevskoi I.R., Kalashnikov N.A., 2025</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2025</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Yapryntsev I.M., Khmelevskoi I.R., Kalashnikov N.A.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Yapryntsev I.M., Khmelevskoi I.R., Kalashnikov N.A.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://kulawr.msal.ru/jour/article/view/585">https://kulawr.msal.ru/jour/article/view/585</self-uri><abstract><p>The issue of extending legal liability to artificial intelligence — that is broader than its legal capacity — has been within law and technology. The main array of questions in this area is focused on understanding the specific characteristics of artificial intelligence in the context of its regulation, which inevitably leads to a number of fundamental and applied questions. The integration of artificial intelligence into the legal framework requires a clear understanding of its functional capabilities and limitations. Its autonomy and ability to self-learn provide a basis for discussions about legal personality and the potential for accountability. Such considerations inevitably raise questions about how exactly artificial intelligence can participate in legal relationships, as well as what rights and obligations may be associated with its functioning. In this regard, one of the cornerstones remains the question of introducing artificial intelligence into the circle of entities subject to legal liability, which necessitates the exploration of existing approaches to defining this category and the subsequent step of developing acceptable conceptual approaches concerning the legal capacity of modern technologically complex systems. The main task of the research is to present the existing conceptual constructs, based on a detailed analysis of the existing concepts regarding artificial intelligence and its legal capacity.</p></abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>artificial intelligence (AI)</kwd><kwd>legal capacity</kwd><kwd>systemness</kwd><kwd>autonomy</kwd><kwd>self-learning</kwd><kwd>adaptability</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group><funding-statement xml:lang="en">The study was carried out with the support of the Russian Science Foundation, project No. 24-28-01112. 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