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De La Rosa rejects self-regulation and calls for government intervention

New York City Council · Oct 16, 2026 · starts 0:07:29 · 30 sec

De La Rosa says AI tools must work as intended, people must understand training and failures, affected people need to contest machine decisions, and self-regulation by AI builders is insufficient; federal, state, and municipal intervention is necessary.

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We should make sure

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or AI tools work as intended, that we understand how they work, how they were trained, where they fail, and ensure that those affected have an opportunity to contest decisions made by machines.

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A framework where the very same people who build AI tools and have competing motives

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are also expected to regulate themselves is wholly insufficient.

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Intervention is necessary from federal, state, and municipal governments to protect our rights.