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New York City AI hearings and bills

New York City Council’s AI hearings and its 10 AI bills. · 3 stories

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  1. Oct 1703:03

    SpaceX AI Testifies at NYC Council AI Safety Hearing: Policy Chief Appears by Video

    the hearing completes the Council's witness set from all five invited AI companies; a subpoena backed by a court-enforcement threat brought the holdout to the table, giving the city's AI legislative inquiry a full hearing record.

  2. Oct 721:10

    NYC Council Weighs 10 AI Bills: Mandatory Kill Switches, Subpoena for Musk's SpaceXAI

    It was the Council's first full-body hearing since 2022; the ten bills would fine $25,000 per AI system deployed without third-party validation and create America's first AI whistleblower reward program.

  3. Oct 603:45

    NYC Council AI Hearing Opens: Whistleblower Testifies Labs Are "Extremely Reckless," Humanity "More Likely" to Lose Control

    The four companies testified under oath before a US legislative body for the first time, three only after subpoena threats; the Council is also weighing three bills, including third-party validation.

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