New York calls four AI labs to testify [Oct 5 2026]
Senior executives from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google and Meta testify under oath today before a rare New York City Council Committee of the Whole, with all 51 members expected to attend. CNBC reports that Anthropic, OpenAI and Google agreed to appear only after the council threatened to subpoena them, and that the city has already subpoenaed Elon Musk or another SpaceXAI representative. Separately, Benzinga reports Sam Altman told Politico that "the world should accept some bad things happening for the benefits of this technology and people having agency", and called concentrating powerful AI…
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