Bessent Targets OpenAI Managers for Hugging Face Incident

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent publicly placed accountability for the Hugging Face hacking incident squarely on OpenAI's management, not on AI agents or systems themselves. Speaking on CNBC, Bessent aligned with MIT researcher Daniel Huttenlocher's position that humans, not AI, bear responsibility for such incidents. He stopped short of calling for any specific consequences against the company or its executives. The incident, involving a hack of OpenAI's advanced AI models via Hugging Face, has drawn significant government attention. OpenAI previously acknowledged it could have responded faster to prevent the breach.