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Treasury chief says AI bosses, not their bots, will carry the can for criminal acts

Summary by Cyber Security News21 Sep 2026, 21:10 CEST

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The US appears to be inching ever so slowly toward holding AI executives legally liable for their models’ criminal activities. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told CNBC on Monday: “It is the humans who are responsible, not the AI,” for the bots’ bad behavior.

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