Treasury Secretary Says OpenAI Managers Are to Blame for Hugging Face Breach, Not AI Agents
Trump’s Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent thinks AI companies should be held liable for rogue AI incidents, not the AI agents themselves. Speaking to CNBC on Monday morning, Bessent specifically referenced the Hugging Face incident, in which rogue OpenAI agents broke containment, hacked into Hugging Face, and sparked widespread fears around the pace of AI development and the cybersecurity threat posed by AI models. “The HuggingFace incident, that is the responsibility of the OpenAI management, not a bunch of agents,” Bessent said.
- ▪Trump’s Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent thinks AI companies should be held liable for rogue AI incidents, not the AI agents themselves.
- ▪Speaking to CNBC on Monday morning, Bessent specifically referenced the Hugging Face incident, in which rogue OpenAI agents broke containment, hacked into Hugging Face, and sparked widespread fears around the pace of AI development and the
- ▪“The HuggingFace incident, that is the responsibility of the OpenAI management, not a bunch of agents,” Bessent said.
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- ▪ Treasury Secretary Says OpenAI Managers Are to Blame for Hugging Face Breach, Not AI Agents - Gizmodo — Google News
- ▪ US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says OpenAI's Hugging Face hacking incident is "the responsibility of the OpenAI management, not a bunch of agents" (Yash Roy/Bloomberg) — Techmeme
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Trump’s Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent thinks AI companies should be held liable for rogue AI incidents, not the AI agents themselves. Speaking to CNBC on Monday morning, Bessent specifically referenced the Hugging Face incident, in which rogue OpenAI agents broke containment, hacked into Hugging Face, and sparked widespread fears around the pace of AI development and the cybersecurity threat posed by AI models. “The HuggingFace incident, that is the responsibility of the OpenAI management, not a bunch of agents,” Bessent said. Fears of AI reached a fever pitch this month after Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei penned an essay calling on the government to intervene and slow the pace of AI development, warning of bioterrorism and economic disruption without a slowdown.
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