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NYC Lawmakers Aim to Lead Nation in Establishing AI Safety Rules

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NYC Lawmakers Aim to Lead Nation in Establishing AI Safety Rules

New York City is positioning itself as a leader in an effort to slow down the development of artificial intelligence (AI), the Wall Street Journal reported Monday (Oct. 5).

The New York City Council held a hearing Monday in which lawmakers heard from, and in some cases grilled, representatives of OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta and Google as well as former employees of AI companies, according to the report.

The hearing was held as the New York City council considers several bills that aim to rein in AI. The bills include ones that would establish a city-run “kill switch” for AI, protections for whistleblowers and restrictions on the use of AI in public schools, the report said.

City Council Speaker Julie Menin said in opening remarks that bills in New York could serve as a national model and that the “idea that artificial intelligence is going to self-regulate defies all reason,” per the report.

When Menin asked the AI executives about potential worst-case scenarios, those from OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta said they support guardrails on AI, including third-party evaluators, according to the report.

Menin also asked the executives about reported remarks in which OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said the world should accept that some bad things may happen along with the benefits of AI.

OpenAI’s head of policy development and operations, Morgan Dwyer , said, per the report: “Clearly some risks are unacceptable.



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