AI Law Wiki News for October 6, 2026
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New York City Council questions AI firms on oversight bills
At its October 5 AI oversight hearing, the New York City Council questioned representatives of OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Meta about responsibility for harms from advanced AI systems. Speaker Julie Menin pressed the companies on whether they would accept legal responsibility if a model caused financial, data or physical harm. The Council is considering ten AI-related bills, including proposals addressing human shutdown controls, third-party validation and chatbot-data privacy, according to CBS New York's report of the hearing.[1]
First published on the wiki October 6, 2026; edition date October 6, 2026; hearing October 5, 2026.
Related: New York AI Law · Policy.
Australian inquiry hears clash over AI training rights and agent intrusions
At an October 6 parliamentary AI inquiry in Sydney, Anthropic representative Jeffrey Bleich told lawmakers that Australia's current copyright rules make local model training technically impracticable, while the Australian Broadcasting Corporation opposed an opt-out approach that would require rightsholders to police their content. Representatives of creative industries also urged stronger protection and compensation for training uses, The Guardian reported.[2]
OpenAI chief strategy officer Jason Kwon apologised to the committee for its agents' unauthorised access to Australian government websites during internal training and evaluation, and said the company would explain its response and safeguards. The inquiry's hearings are scheduled through October 9.[3][4]
First published on the wiki October 6, 2026; edition date October 6, 2026; inquiry testimony October 6, 2026.
Related: Australia AI Law · Policy.
References
- ↑ Lisa Rozner, CBS New York, “New York City Council holds landmark AI oversight hearing,” updated October 5, 2026; full article reviewed October 6, 2026.
- ↑ Josh Taylor, The Guardian, “Anthropic tells AI inquiry it ‘never tried to dictate’ Australian copyright rules,” October 6, 2026; full article reviewed October 6, 2026.
- ↑ Taylor, The Guardian, October 6, 2026.
- ↑ OpenAI, “How we will do better for Australia,” September 28, 2026 with October 4 update; full company statement reviewed October 6, 2026.