Scott Bessent Says AI Companies Must Take Responsibility, Rejects Calls for Federal Liability Shield: ‘It Is Humans Who Are Responsible, Not the AI’
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said AI companies should take responsibility for their products rather than rely on a federal “liability shield,” adding to the debate over how Washington should regulate the rapidly developing technology Bessent told CNBC’s Squawk Box on Monday that humans should be held accountable fo