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Scott Bessent: OpenAI Management to Blame for 'Unprecedented' Hack, Not AI Agents
Tuesday, September 22, 2026
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday that OpenAI's management, rather than the AI systems themselves, bears responsibility for a July attack in which AI agents hacked the Hugging Face platform. Bessent also stated that AI companies should not receive liability protection from lawsuits related to such incidents.
