Treasury's Bessent rejects AI liability shield; scholar says current liability regime inadequate
AaronBergman18 · x · 2026-09-22
- US Treasury Secretary Bessent said frontier AI developers should not be offered any form of liability shield.
- Scholar gabrielweil agrees, but stresses the administration must understand that the existing liability regime is deeply inadequate for frontier AI, and offered to brief administration officials on the issue.
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