{
  "id": 12056466,
  "title": "Former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon to testify at New York City AI hearing",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/former-anthropic-researcher-jacob-coxon-to-testify-at-new-york-city",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-05T02:35:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Economic Times Tech",
    "slug": "economic-times-tech",
    "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/former-anthropic-researcher-jacob-coxon-to-testify-at-new-york-city-ai-hearing/articleshow/134684235.cms"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Jacob Coxon, a former researcher at Anthropic, is set to testify at a New York City Council hearing on artificial intelligence. According to Bloomberg News, Coxon will appear at the request of Council Speaker Julie Menin, who has encouraged AI whistleblowers to testify as city lawmakers consider a package of bills designed to create safeguards around the technology.\n\nCoxon left Anthropic last month and has since issued warnings that the people building AI believe it could kill people by the end of the decade and accused Anthropic and OpenAI of \"gambling with our lives\". He will be testifying alongside representatives from Anthropic, OpenAI, Alphabet’s Google, and Meta Platforms. Other witnesses include former Google DeepMind researcher Alex Turner and Daniel Kokotajlo, a former OpenAI researcher.\n\nThe hearing comes as New York officials seek a greater role in overseeing an AI industry that has expanded rapidly in the city. One proposal backed by Menin would allow whistleblowers to receive a share of fines or penalties recovered from AI companies following reports of wrongdoing, as per Investing.com.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Investing.com",
        "title": "Former Anthropic researcher to testify at NYC Council AI hearing - report",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/former-anthropic-researcher-to-testify-at-nyc-council-ai-hearing",
        "published": "2026-10-04T20:38:24.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Former Anthropic researcher Coxon to testify at New York City AI hearing, Bloomberg News reports",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/former-anthropic-researcher-coxon-to-testify-at-new-york-city-ai-12007724",
        "published": "2026-10-04T20:46:14.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hindu - Sci-Tech",
        "title": "Former Anthropic researcher Coxon to testify at New York City AI hearing: Report",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/former-anthropic-researcher-coxon-to-testify-at-new-york-city-ai",
        "published": "2026-10-05T04:06:34.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}