[U.S. Treasury Secretary: Sanctions and Entity List Consideration if Chinese Companies Engage in Data Mining Attacks to Steal Intellectual Property] Odaily Planet Daily reports that Treasury Secretary Scott Bassett stated on the X platform that he supports open-source AI and the innovation it brings, but open-source is not an excuse for blatant infringement of U.S. intellectual property. If Chinese companies engage in covert, industrial-scale data mining attacks that cross the line into intellectual property theft, sanctions will be considered, and they may be added to the entity list.