Menin asks MP Asato about SpaceX AI's subpoena defiance
Menin tells MP Asato that SpaceX AI was the only invited company that refused to appear and has been subpoenaed, and asks for her reaction. Asato says it's a shame given her journey, looks forward to the subpoena outcome, and says elected representatives must hold AI companies accountable.
One last question for Member of Parliament Asada.
Thank you.
I wanted to ask you, as you may know, when we called this hearing, we sent letters to five companies, to Anthropic, OpenAI, Meta, Google, and SpaceX AI.
SpaceX AI is the only company that would not appear.
We have subpoenaed them.
Given your personal story, I just wanted to get your reaction to that.
Well, as I said in my opening statements, it's a huge shame given that they are so close and I have come so far.
But in the end, you've subpoenaed them and we look forward to seeing what then happens.
In the end, everybody should be accountable to elected representatives.
And you're very powerful here in the city of New York because of the fact that these companies are based here.
And therefore, those of us who are in other countries across the world are looking to you to hold these companies to account.
And we very much look forward to doing so.
I will do my own part in terms of my legal action in the UK.
Thank you.
Council Member Haneef, followed by Maloney.