GoKawiilSpaceX AI policy chief to testify in NYC Council AI safety probe Friday
SpaceX's Gabriela Castillo Madrid will testify remotely before the New York City Council's tech committee on Friday at 10 a.m. ET, after the company initially avoided a subpoena and skipped an October 5 hearing attended by OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Meta. SpaceX agreed to appear this week once the council threatened judicial enforcement of its subpoena.
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The council says it wants testimony from major AI firms to inform new regulations, so SpaceX's participation could shape how lawmakers address AI safety concerns tied to its Grok model. The hearing may also revisit questions SpaceX avoided earlier, including from U.K. lawmaker Jess Asato, who is suing xAI over non-consensual sexualized Grok-generated images of her.
- SpaceX's AI policy lead Gabriela Castillo Madrid will testify remotely before NYC Council on Friday.
- SpaceX had previously evaded a subpoena to testify alongside OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Meta.
- The probe follows SpaceX's February merger with xAI, giving it control of the Grok AI model, now used by some federal agencies.
Source: cnbc.com — Lora Kolodny, 2026-10-16
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