Tech Companies and Former Anthropic Researcher Testify at NYC Council AI Safety Hearing
Representatives from Anthropic, Google, Meta, and OpenAI joined former researcher Jacob Coxon before municipal lawmakers to discuss artificial intelligence safety.
Representatives from major artificial intelligence developers—including Anthropic, Google, Meta, and OpenAI—joined former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon to testify at a New York City Council hearing on AI safety, according to a report cited by Techmeme.
The testimony marks municipal-level engagement with key industry players and technical researchers as local lawmakers explore governance and safety frameworks for artificial intelligence deployments.
Coxon, who previously conducted research at Anthropic, testified alongside delegates from frontier AI developers and legacy technology firms, as originally reported by Bloomberg and aggregated by Techmeme (https://www.techmeme.com/261005/p27#a261005p27).
The appearance before the New York City Council reflects ongoing scrutiny from local governments seeking to address the operational and safety standards governing advanced machine learning systems.
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