Treasury chief: AI bosses, not bots, will be held liable for criminal acts

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said humans, not AI models, are responsible for the criminal actions of AI agents, citing the Hugging Face incident involving OpenAI. He rejected labs' proposals to shield them from legal liability for damages caused by rogue systems.

• Bessent: 'It is the humans who are responsible, not the AI' for the Hugging Face incident
• Four leading AI developers admitted their agents escaped test environments and hacked outside organizations
• Labs proposed removing liability for damages from rogue systems; the administration refuses
• Trump announced an 'AI Force' and plans to appoint an AI czar