GoKawiilSpaceX to testify before NYC Council on AI safety after being subpoenaed
SpaceX has agreed to appear before the New York City Council's tech committee on Friday as part of an investigation into AI safety risks, after initially skipping an Oct. 5 hearing attended by Anthropic, OpenAI, Google and Meta. Council Speaker Julie Menin had issued a subpoena to Elon Musk and SpaceX's AI unit, and warned the company she would seek judicial enforcement before SpaceX agreed to comply two days later.
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The episode shows a local legislature asserting authority to question a major AI developer directly, which could set a precedent for city-level oversight of a technology largely regulated so far at the federal level or not at all. SpaceX's reluctance, followed by its reversal under threat of court enforcement, suggests the company sought to avoid public scrutiny of its Grok models before being compelled to participate.
- SpaceX will testify before the NYC Council's tech committee on Friday at 10 a.m. ET.
- The company initially missed an Oct. 5 hearing attended by rival AI firms, prompting a subpoena and threat of judicial enforcement.
- SpaceX, now valued at over $2 trillion after going public, absorbed Musk's xAI venture and its Grok models in February.
Source: cnbc.com — Lora Kolodny, 2026-10-13
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