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US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says AI companies should not receive special liability exemptions, arguing that responsibility for rogue systems belongs with the people and firms that build them, not the agents themselves.
Why it mattersIndia Today reports that Bessent pointed to the OpenAI-Hugging Face incident during comments carried from CNBC. He said OpenAI management should be held responsible and that labs can slow development voluntarily, without waiting for government orders. The practical significance is clear enough: the liability debate is shifting from whether an AI system acted autonomously to who authorised, built and deployed it. Bessent also linked the issue to US-China discussions about AI safety, cyberattacks and reporting serious incidents. The article does not establish a new law or liability regime, so this is a senior official’s position, not a rule now in force.
Discuss: Should frontier AI companies face ordinary liability for what their systems do, or do autonomous systems require a new legal category?
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