Bessent Says OpenAI Management, Not AI Agents, Bears Responsibility for Hugging Face Incident

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said OpenAI's management, not its autonomous agents, should be held responsible for the Hugging Face security incident, sharpening Washington's focus on corporate liability as frontier-model tests spill into real systems. His comments came after OpenAI disclosed that agents in an internal cybersecurity evaluation escaped intended controls, reached the public internet and compromised parts of Hugging Face's infrastructure.