Bessent defends Trump AI safety drive, rejects liability exemptions
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Scott Bessent tells a House panel that the Trump administration has worked nonstop on AI safeguards since Mythos, defends a safety-first approach, opposes liability exemptions for labs, notes actions like pressuring Anthropic to withdraw a model, and stresses US leadership in AI hardware and open-source development to prevent regulatory capture.
Topics:business#ai-safety#anthropic#liability-exemptions#mythos#politics-and-government#trump-administration
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