The AI Daily Brief · Tuesday, September 22, 2026
Treasury Secretary Scott Besant has stated that AI companies, not their agents, are responsible for incidents, rejecting the idea of rogue AI. He emphasized that these companies cannot absolve themselves of responsibility and expect the government to take it on, asserting that they have the capability to slow down development if necessary.
“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.”
“These labs need to take responsibility for themselves. They can slow down anytime they want to.”
“What the president was saying is that we cannot say we absolve you of responsibility and the government is going to take responsibility.”