At a US House hearing, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said AI labs should get no liability exemptions and called for more open-source models built in the US (Matt Bracken/FedScoop)

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<span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://fedscoop.com/treasury-scott-bessent-ai-labs-liability-exemptions/">At a US House hearing, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said AI labs should get no liability exemptions and called for more open-source models built in the US</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; The secretary told House Financial Services Committee lawmakers that the &ldquo;best way to guarantee safety&rdquo; is for AI creators to be held &hellip; </p>

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