Anthropic, OpenAI, Meta and Google execs testify under oats at NYC council meeting

>> WELCOME BACK. ANTHROPIC, OPENAI, META AND GOOGLE ARE ALL PUBLICLY TESTIFYING AT THIS AI SAFETY HEARING A RARE NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL MEETING. ASHLEY CAPU IS OUTSIDE CITY HALL WITH MORE IN TODAY'S TECH CHECK. ASHLEY, YOU'VE BEEN THERE ALL ALL MORNING, I GUESS. AFTERNOON LONG. WHAT ARE THEY SAYING? >> YES. >> SO EXECUTIVES. >> FROM OPENAI, ANTHROPIC, META AND GOOGLE ARE SPEAKING RIGHT NOW. AS YOU MENTIONED. THEY'RE ADDRESSING THEIR COMPANY'S SAFETY POLICIES AND THE RISKS THAT ARE POSED BY AI TECHNOLOGY, TRYING TO ASSURE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT THEY'RE TAKING SAFETY SERIOUSLY AND WORKING TO IMPLEMENT STRONG GUARDRAILS. >> WHAT ARE KIND OF THE WHAT'S THE FEELING IN THE ROOM? HOW IS IT GOING? >> IT'S BEEN INTERESTING FOR SURE. SPEAKER JULIE MENON IS NOT GOING EASY ON THE COMPANIES, AND HER DIRECT QUESTIONING HAS LED TO LAUGHTER IN THE ROOM ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. SHE'S PUSHING THE AI COMPANIES TO QUANTIFY THE RISKS, FOR INSTANCE, AND WHEN OPENAI IS REPRESENTATIVE, SAID SHE DIDN'T KNOW, SPEAKER MENON SAID SHE WAS BEING FLIPPANT. SO DEFINITELY THE PRESSURE IS ON AND THE AUDIENCE IS PAYING ATTENTION. >> AS I UNDERSTAND IT, X HAS, YOU KNOW, WAS ASKED TO BE THERE AND THEY CHOSE NOT TO COME. EVERYBODY ELSE IS SENDING NOT THEIR CEOS, OBVIOUSLY, BUT MORE SENIOR EXECUTIVES FROM KIND OF THOSE RELEVANT PARTS OF THE BUSINESS. I THINK THEY SAID THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO SUBPOENA X OR ELON MUSK. IS THAT RIGHT? >> YES. THEY ALREADY HAVE FILED A SUBPOENA AGAINST ELON MUSK TO TRY TO COMPEL SOMEONE FROM SPACEX AI TO APPEAR, BUT THEY'RE NOT HERE TODAY. THERE COULD BE FURTHER ACTION TAKEN, BUT THEY'RE A NOTICEABLE ABSENCE IN THE ROOM, FOR SURE. >> AND FINALLY, WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES AFTER THIS HEARING THAT, YOU KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO DO WHAT TO THESE COMPANIES? >> CITY COUNCIL HAS KIND OF POSITIONED THIS MEETING AS A CHANCE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE RISKS, KICKSTART A CONVERSATION HERE, AND GET SOME INPUT ON THE BILLS THAT THEY'RE WEIGHING TO IMPLEMENT. AND SPEAKER MENON HAS ALSO MENTIONED THAT SHE WANTS TO KICK START THIS CONVERSATION ALL THE WAY TO THE FEDERAL LEVEL, WHICH, AS A REMINDER, CONGRESS IS HEADING INTO THE MIDTERMS HERE. THERE'S KIND OF A SMALL WINDOW WHERE REAL ACTION COULD TAKE PLACE AT THIS POINT. SO SHE'S REALLY TRYING TO JUST CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION AND MAKE SURE WE SPELL OUT THE RISKS AND HEAR FROM THESE EXECUTIVES THEMSELVES. >> ALL RIGHT, ASHLEY, WE'LL LET YOU GET BACK TO IT.