Market topic · 2026-10-05
New York City weighs an AI off switch and whistleblower payouts as ex-AI lab researchers testify
President Trump's new superintelligence task force has a report due in 120 days, with a goal of keeping the US in the lead without overregulating AI. Meanwhile, the New York City Council is holding a hearing with testimony from former researchers at Anthropic, Google DeepMind and OpenAI.
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From the AlphaShot daily brief · 2026-10-05.