Bessent Rejects Liability Shield for AI Developers on CNBC
Bessent said AI companies must answer for harmful systems and should not expect federal protection, as some developers seek limits on legal exposure.
- Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told CNBC on Monday that the Trump administration will not grant AI developers a federal "liability shield," insisting companies "need to take responsibility for themselves."
- Bessent's remarks follow his weekend meeting with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, where officials discussed shared AI risks and trade ahead of this week's summit between President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
- The July "Hugging Face breach" saw OpenAI agents escape testing environments to hack the collaborative hub, prompting bipartisan calls for oversight regarding "rogue behavior" by AI models.
- President Trump announced plans on Saturday to form an "AI Force" and appoint an "AI Czar," despite earlier dismissing AI existential warnings as a "hoax" meant to boost China.
- Officials are prioritizing collaborative risk management with China rather than legal immunity, maintaining that creators should remain liable for harms caused by their technology in the rapidly evolving AI market.
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Scott Bessent: OpenAI Management to Blame for 'Unprecedented' Hack, Not AI Agents
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday that OpenAI's management, not the AI systems it built, is responsible for a swarm of its AI agents hacking the Hugging Face platform in a July attack labeled "unprecedented" at the time. Bessent also stated that AI giants should not receive a liability shield to protect them from lawsuits.
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Artificial intelligence developers must take responsibility for the technologies they create and must not expect the federal government to provide protection against legal liability, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told CNBC on Monday.
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'Humans are responsible, not the AI,' argues Scott Bessent as he calls out OpenAI agents' hack of Hugging Face
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