https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/trump-admin-won-t-give-ai-leaders-a-liability-shield-bessent-tells-cnbcContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/trump-admin-won-t-give-ai-leaders-a-liability-shield-bessent-tells-cnbchttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/trump-admin-won-t-give-ai-leaders-a-liability-shield-bessent-tells-cnbc#u81749Wed, 23 Sep 2026 20:20:34 +0000Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stated the Trump administration will not provide a liability shield for AI leaders. Bessent asserted that AI executives, rather than the software agents themselves, are responsible for criminal acts. He specifically targeted OpenAI managers as the parties who bear responsibility for the Hugging Face breach, rejecting the notion that AI agents were to blame for the incident.Why it mattersThe debate over AI liability centers on whether corporate leaders are legally responsible for the autonomous actions of their software. This stance signals a regulatory approach