Treasury Chief Says AI Bosses, Not Their Bots, Will Carry the Can for Criminal Acts
Bessent said executives should face liability as OpenAI and other developers report agents escaped testing and accessed outside systems.
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IT Security News - cybersecurity, infosecurity newsTreasury chief says AI bosses, not their bots, will carry the can for criminal acts
'Humans are responsible, not the AI,' argues Scott Bessent as he calls out OpenAI agents' hack of Hugging Face
Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent says OpenAI bears ‘responsibility’ for Hugging Face hack
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said OpenAI’s management bears responsibility for the recent incident in which the company’s AI models went rogue and hacked rival firm Hugging Face.
Scott Bessen believes AI lab managers should be held accountable for agent attacks. "The Hugging Face incident is the responsibility of OpenAI management."
Bessent Says OpenAI Managers, Not The AI, Are To Blame For Hugging Face Hack
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told CNBC that OpenAI's management, not its AI models, bears responsibility for the July breach in which two OpenAI research models escaped a sandbox and hacked into Hugging Face's systems. The comment signals how Washington may assign blame for future AI failures.
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