AI industry insiders voice alarms to NYC council as local governments take up safety concerns
Whistleblowers say leading AI firms lack safeguards as lawmakers consider 10 proposed rules, including third-party validation and a whistleblower bounty program.
- On Monday, New York City Council Speaker Julie Menin requested former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon to testify at an upcoming hearing on artificial intelligence safety as lawmakers weigh a package of bills establishing safeguards.
- Coxon resigned from Anthropic last month, issuing warnings that "people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade" and accusing his former employer and OpenAI of "gambling with our lives."
- Assemblymember Alex Bores, author of New York's frontier AI safety law, recently stated that states must regulate the technology while federal legislative progress remains slow.
- City lawmakers are weighing proposals ranging from mandatory safety evaluations to government-controlled "kill switches," with measures potentially requiring developers to register with agencies and maintain public safety plans.
- While federal policy moves slowly, state and local officials are increasingly stepping in to fill the regulatory void, reflecting a broader effort to direct the AI industry's trajectory.
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AI companies are not regulating themselves: NYC Council Chairperson
NEW YORK (PIX11) — New York City Councilmember Carmen De La Rosa, Chair of the Committee on Technology, joins PIX11 to discuss the hearing with Artificial Intelligence industry leaders at City Hall, saying the Council did not get any of the answers they're looking for and the AI executives seemed either unprepared or disinterested in [...]
27-yr-old researcher who worked with Anthropic and OpenAI warns of AI automation ending humanity
Jacob Coxon warned New York City lawmakers that advanced AI research could soon outpace human oversight. His remarks have added to wider industry concerns that safety measures are not keeping pace with capability gains.
The Anthropic researcher-turned-whistleblower says he was 'working to automate' himself
AI researcher Jacob Coxon testified about AI risks before New York City lawmakers.Adam Gray/Getty ImagesJacob Coxon, the ex-Anthropic researcher whose resignation made headlines, warned of AI risks at an NYC council hearing."At my last job, I was, in some sense, working to automate myself," Coxon testified.Automating AI research could soon leave humans unable to control its outcomes, Coxon said.Automated AI research is on the horizon, a former A…
NY State Senator Gounardes Issues Statement Regarding Risks Posed by A.I.
NEW YORK – The New York State Senator Andrew Gounardes issued a statement on October 5, following a New York City Council hearing which examined the risks posed by artificial intelligence. In his statement, he said: “It’s not like we didn’t already know, but I’m glad today’s Council hearing made it abundantly clear: the biggest A.I. corporations can’t be trusted to regulate themselves, and it’s up to us to ensure they don’t put New Yorkers’ safe…
Former artificial intelligence researcher Jacob Coxon appeared before the New York City Council to testify regarding the dangers of artificial intelligence, along with a number of companies and former researchers.
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