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U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (2025–present); founder of Key Square Group
Well, then they should slow down.
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Scott Bessent, U.S. Treasury Secretary, interviewed by Courtenay Brown for Axios, “U.S. to propose emergency AI notification system with China,” October 3, 2026. Asked about AI executives warning that they could lose control of increasingly powerful models, Bessent replied: “Well, then they should slow down.”
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