AI executives struggle to quantify catastrophic risks at contentious NYC hearing
By Maria Dinzeo ( October 6, 2026, 00:45 GMT | Insight) -- New York City lawmakers grilled Meta, Google, Anthropic and OpenAI over catastrophic AI risks, and said the companies failed to give clear answers on safety, oversight and accountability.Executives from the largest tech companies building frontier AI models faced a grilling Monday from the New York City council on the existential threats their products could pose to humanity. And council members were far from satisfied with their responses....
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