Former AI Workers Warn New York City Council About Safety Risks

Oct 7, 2026
Former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon told the New York City Council that AI companies are moving too quickly. Representatives from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Meta also faced questions about safety risks.

Former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon appeared as scheduled at a New York City Council hearing and said the AI industry is moving too quickly, according to The Washington Post. Former employees of Google and OpenAI also warned council members about AI risks.

Representatives from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Meta answered questions from council members. Coxon said AI companies follow a culture of moving quickly despite the potential consequences of increasingly powerful systems.

OpenAI policy executive Morgan Dwyer said she could not quantify the risk posed by AI, but said any level of risk was unacceptable to the company. Several council members criticized the response for lacking specificity.

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