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Maloney asks whether SpaceX tracks and shares misuse data

New York City Council · Oct 16, 2026 · starts 0:45:12 · 1 min 52 sec

Maloney asks whether SpaceX tracks instances of misuse, has data on volume, and shares it publicly; Castillo-Madrid says she personally lacks data but SpaceX tracks gaps and tightens protections, without providing numbers.

Virginia Maloney

And do you,

Virginia Maloney

Do you track instances of misuse?

Member of the Public - Gabriela Castillo Madrid

We don't release models that we believe are not safe, and that includes misuse.

Virginia Maloney

But of the models that are out, we already talked about some cases of misuse.

Virginia Maloney

We talked about sexualized deepfakes.

Virginia Maloney

We talked about hate speech.

Virginia Maloney

Do you track the number of instances where those things are happening?

Virginia Maloney

Do you have data on that?

Member of the Public - Gabriela Castillo Madrid

I don't personally have data, but we do have, for example, the ones that you mentioned, we do track them and make sure that when we catch any gaps in our safety that we're filling those gaps with stronger protections.

Member of the Public - Gabriela Castillo Madrid

And we tighten those before.

Member of the Public - Gabriela Castillo Madrid

Keeping the model in the public.

Virginia Maloney

And do you share that information publicly?

Virginia Maloney

Could we get that information of the number of instances of harm?

Virginia Maloney

And there's two that we've mentioned, but I'm sure you're seeing other instances or cases of misuse.

Virginia Maloney

For example, privacy breaches is one I can come up with.

Virginia Maloney

And I'd love to get that level of detail, both the types of misuse that you're seeing and the volume.

Virginia Maloney

Are these pervasive or is it just a few instances?

Virginia Maloney

It sounds like it's quite pervasive.

Virginia Maloney

And not having that data is very difficult.

Virginia Maloney

If you can't track it, how are we to be able to ensure that these models are safe?

Virginia Maloney

Thank you, Chair.

Member of the Public - Gabriela Castillo Madrid

Was there a question at the end of that?

Member of the Public - Gabriela Castillo Madrid

I'm sorry, I thought you were just making this.

Virginia Maloney

I was out of my time.

Virginia Maloney

But my follow-up is just to get information on the number of instances, the types of misuse, the things that you're seeing that bad actors are doing on the platform, and following up with...

Virginia Maloney

The volume.

Virginia Maloney

Are we seeing more cases of sexualized deepfakes, like having a sense of the scope of this problem?