The study raises the issue of legal status of artificial intelligence, deals with questions of legal liability for artificial intelligence actions, in particular, civil liability for harm caused to third parties by artificial intelligence systems. The need to analyze the mentioned topic is determined by global changes in all fields of social life as a result of large-scale introduction of digital technology, and one of its areas is development of artificial intelligence including that stipulated by the relevant national program of the Russian Federation for the period until 2030