Trump administration won’t give AI leaders a ‘liability shield,’ Bessent says

Scott Bessent said artificial intelligence companies should not expect federal protection from liability, as the Trump administration weighs its approach to AI regulation and industry concerns over the risks posed by increasingly capable models. By CNBCTV18.com (Photo Credit : REUTERS ) Artificial intelligence developers should take responsibility for the systems they build rather than expect the federal government to provide a “liability shield”, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told CNBC on Monday. “It is humans who are responsible, not the AI,” Bessent told CNBC’s Squawk Box when asked about President Donald Trump’s opposition to a regulatory crackdown on the artificial…