Bessent says US needs more open-source AI models to compete with China
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Coverage (14)
- Don’t Give AI Companies What They Want, U.S. Treasury Secretary Tells Lawmakers Gizmodo · 60d ago
- Scoop: U.S. open to discuss AI "shared risks" with China, Bessent says Axios · 60d ago
- Treasury’s Scott Bessent says no liability exemptions for AI labs FedScoop · 60d ago
- Maxine Waters sounds alarm on AI risks in heated exchange with Scott Bessent Yahoo · 60d ago
- Maxine Waters sounds alarm on AI risks in heated exchange with Scott Bessent TheGrio · 60d ago
- US, China push competing visions for AI, global security cooperation TRT World · 60d ago
- Dem rep asks Bessent to ‘talk sense’ into Trump on regulating AI The Hill · 60d ago
- Bessent Tells Congress He Hasn’t Seen Any AI Regulation He Would Support: ‘I Haven’t Seen Anything Yet’ Yahoo · 60d ago
- Bessent grilled on AI, bond market in tense House hearing: 3 takeaways thehill.com · 60d ago
- Bessent Warns ‘Nothing Else Would Matter’ If China Wins AI Race Bloomberg.com · 60d ago
- Bessent: AI companies ‘could stop any time they want to’ Politico · 60d ago
- Waters has heated exchange with Bessent on AI thehill.com · 60d ago
- Bessent defends Trump administration's safety stance on AI Yahoo Finance · 60d ago
- Bessent says US needs more open-source AI models to compete with China Fox Business · 60d ago
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