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Bessent Warns AI Firms to Self-Regulate, Reject Liability Shield
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- Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned AI firms to self-regulate and reject a federal liability shield.
- He likened Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei to Hannibal Lecter for demanding regulation.
- He cited OpenAI shelving a model after safety tests as industry cooperation.
- Senator Josh Hawley chaired a September 30 Senate hearing on rogue AI agents.
- Senator Bernie Sanders and Rep. Greg Casar proposed banning superintelligent AI, up to 20-year prison.
