Bessent Targets OpenAI Managers for Hugging Face Incident

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the responsibility for the recent hacking incident involving OpenAI’s advanced artificial intelligence models was with that firm’s managers, while stopping short of suggesting any consequences.

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2026-09-21 12:50 · Bloomberg AI
Bessent Targets OpenAI Managers for Hugging Face Incident

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