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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