Menin announces sworn company testimony and SpaceX AI subpoena
Menin says five leading AI firms were invited to testify, with four appearing under oath. She announces the Council will be the first legislative body to secure sworn testimony from these companies and notes SpaceX AI failed to appear in violation of a subpoena being pursued in court.
to proposals focusing on emergency preparedness to be able to identify system breaches and to plan how the city will respond if such a breach occurs.
To achieve these goals, we've requested the participation of five firms leading the research and development of AI, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Meta, and SpaceX AI.
Today, four of them will be testifying under oath before the council, not simply for New Yorkers, but for the entire world to hear.
We will indeed be the first legislative body to secure testimony from these companies under oath in the wake of these latest disturbing reports.
SpaceX-I, however, is not here at all in direct violation of the subpoena that we issued last week, and we are pursuing that subpoena in court.