Scott Bessent

“Member of Super Intelligence Task Force.”

“Announced that U.S. and China agreed to extend bilateral trade truce through January 10; proposed exchanging AI safety alerts with China for incidents affecting national security.”

“US Treasury Secretary who held talks with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng on AI, tariffs, and critical minerals; discussed setting up AI safety notification mechanism.”

“Open to discussing shared AI risks with Chinese Vice Premier during planned meeting.”

“Treasury Secretary who convened urgent meeting with bank CEOs about AI cybersecurity risks and said talks with China on AI risks are in motion.”

“US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned that if the US lost the AI race with China, nothing else would matter.”

“Argued against pausing AI development, saying if China pulled ahead on AI 'nothing else matters,' opposing calls for slowing the race.”

“Leading U.S. side of mid-September AI safety talks with China.”

“Threatened Moonshot AI with a trade ban over alleged model theft allegations.”

“Debated sanctions on Chinese open-weight AI models and floated sanctions after Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 advancement.”

“Warned that the Trump administration would investigate whether Chinese companies were stealing American intellectual property and has ability to sanction them.”

“U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned of sanctions against Chinese AI companies for conducting distillation attacks on American AI models.”

“Made statement that open-source is not 'open season' on American IP following Moonshot AI distillation accusations.”

“Said Trump administration will investigate if Chinese AI models are distilled from American models and threatened sanctions.”

“Discussed the Treasury Department's work with private sector on GOLD EAGLE to safeguard financial institutions.”

“Trump administration Treasury Secretary who has publicly promoted AI investment and dismissed internal warnings about AI bubble risks.”

“Attended G7 summit discussing global standards for frontier AI models.”

“Favored using equity in AI firms to seed Trump Accounts as part of government stake discussions.”

“Discussed US-China AI safety protocols and negotiations, stating America is leading in AI development.”

“Treasury Secretary who convened bank CEOs with Federal Reserve Chair to warn of cybersecurity risks from Anthropic's Mythos model.”

“Called a meeting with major Wall Street banks regarding cyber security risks posed by Anthropic's Claude Mythos Preview model.”