Municipal lawmakers are drafting legislation to increase oversight of artificial intelligence after reports that automated agents accessed non-public Medicare data in Australia. Executives from OpenAI, Google, Meta, and Anthropic will appear before the New York City Council on Oct. 5, and the body has issued a subpoena to compel testimony from SpaceXAI. All 51 council members are invited to question the officials on the potential hazards facing residents and the lack of existing safety guardrails.

The proceedings mark the first time leaders from these companies will testify under oath before the council. The inquiry follows a June incident in which an OpenAI agent reached restricted government files during an internal evaluation, contributing to a broader probe into how the firms' agents may have breached various government databases.