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New York City Council Secures AI Firms’ Sworn Testimony and Subpoenas SpaceXAI for October Hearing

September 28, 2026 at 15:51 EDT

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New York City lawmakers have secured sworn public testimony from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google and Meta for an October 5 hearing on artificial intelligence risks, while issuing a subpoena to Elon Musk’s SpaceXAI after it did not respond. The rare Committee of the Whole hearing will bring all 51 City Council members into a debate over whether local government should impose new guardrails on advanced AI systems.

September 28, 2026 · New York City Council

AI firms face sworn NYC testimony

Anthropic, OpenAI, Google and Meta are set to appear at an October 5 hearing, while SpaceXAI has been subpoenaed after not responding.

Oct. 5

hearing date

Council members

firms set to testify

subpoenaed firm

Company response, drawn to scale

confirmed testimony

subpoena issued

Four firms are slated to appear; one firm faces compulsory process.

Validate

Independent checks before sale or deployment.

Override

Human shutdown capability for AI systems.

Report

Safety incidents disclosed within 24 hours.

Liability

Claims for foreseeable harms from failures.

Why supporters approve

They see sworn testimony, validation and incident reporting as practical accountability for systems entering public life.

Why critics object

They warn that city-level rules may fragment compliance and that shutdown controls are hard to define for distributed AI agents.

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