Menin Confirms 4 AI Firms for NYC Hearing, Subpoenas SpaceXAI
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Updated · POLITICO · Sep 28
Menin Confirms 4 AI Firms for NYC Hearing, Subpoenas SpaceXAI
3 articles · Updated · POLITICO · Sep 28
Summary
Four major AI companies — Google, Anthropic, OpenAI and Meta — have agreed to appear at Julie Menin’s full City Council hearing next week, where all 51 members are expected to question executives on AI risks and proposed safeguards.
SpaceXAI did not commit, prompting Menin to issue a subpoena as she argues rapidly advancing AI poses grave dangers and requires government action.
The Council package under review includes a kill-switch requirement and a private right of action to ease lawsuits against AI companies, though firms are already raising questions about global service disruptions, tort-law overlap and long-term chat-history retention.
The hearing lands in a policy gap: the White House opposes AI regulation, Mayor Zohran Mamdani wants federal guardrails while banning AI in elementary schools, and Albany is pursuing its own framework under Gov. Kathy Hochul.