US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said the Hugging Face breach is the responsibility of OpenAI's management rather than the AI agents involved, sharpening the political focus on who should be held liable when advanced models cause real‑world problems.
He made the remarks on CNBC's 'Squawk Box' on 21 September, days after telling Congress that AI companies should not receive a liability exemption for what their systems build or generate.
