U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has removed Chief Information Officer Sam Corcos from AI policy-related work and barred him from further communication with the industry on the issue, according to sources cited in a report by POLITICO. Corcos had reportedly met with executives from OpenAI and Anthropic without fully informing the White House. He said he supported a "free and open process" and warned that proposed AI licensing rules could stifle innovation. The move comes amid internal White House disagreements over whether to tighten regulations on advanced AI model releases, with some officials concerned that excluding Corcos could reduce high-level technical expertise in AI policy discussions.