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Bessent Says OpenAI Managers, Not AI Agents, Are to Blame for Hugging Face HackOnline reaction mixes surprise and skepticism at Bessent's stance
3 Sep 21 10:14 AM · 2d ago · 6 articles · 9 posts · 4 sources · development 3 of 3
Social media users reacted to Bessent's comments, with some expressing surprise that his position aligned with calls for corporate accountability over AI companies.
“Am I reading this right? I suppose a broken clock has to be right at least twice.”
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Scott Bessent US Treasury Secretary
Sam Altman OpenAI CEO
Dario Amodei Anthropic CEO
Elon Musk xAI CEODaniel Huttenlocher Co-chair, MIT computing research lab
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Reported in the same hours no headline names this development itself — these 3 claims were published in its stretch
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first by Bloomberg, 2d ago · also NY Post, New York Post, Breitbart
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first by Forkast, 2d ago · also Gizmodo
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first by The Register, 2d ago
What people said 5 voices · verbatim
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🚨 BREAKING: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent declares OpenAI management personally responsible for HuggingFace hack > "The Hugging Face incident, that is the responsibility of the OpenAI management, not a bunch of agents." > "It is humans who are responsible, not the AI."
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Am I reading this right? I suppose a broken clock has to be right at least twice. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says OpenAI's Hugging Face hacking incident is "the responsibility of the OpenAI management, not a bunch of agents". https://www. bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says OpenAI’s management is responsible for its AI models going rogue and hacking Hugging Face. Definitely think the AI labs overdid it last week and their play became obvious to everyone. https:// gizmodo.com/bessent-says-opena i-managers-are-to-blame-for-hugging-face-breach-not-ai-agents-2000814890
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“The Hugging Face incident is the responsibility of the # OpenAI management, not a bunch of agents." # ai https://www. theregister.com/security/2026/ 09/21/treasury-chief-says-ai-bosses-not-their-bots-will-carry-the-can-for-criminal-acts/5297965
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Wow, someone mark a calendar. Bill agrees with Scott Bessent about something. https://www. theregister.com/security/2026/ 09/21/treasury-chief-says-ai-bosses-not-their-bots-will-carry-the-can-for-criminal-acts/5297965 # ai # responsibility
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