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Elon Musk's SpaceX Finally Agrees To Testify After NYC Council Brands Their Absence 'Unacceptable'

SpaceX has agreed to testify before the New York City Council about AI safety after missing an earlier hearing and facing the prospect of court enforcement.

International Business Times UK · 6h ago

AI industry insiders voice alarms to NYC council as local governments take up safety concerns

At a hearing of the New York City Council, recently departed employees of Anthropic, OpenAI and Google DeepMind described a reckless culture at the firms, saying the biggest tech companies are racing to create technology they do not understand how to control.

The Economic Times · Oct 6

Invoking an Alien: Ex-Anthropic Researcher Jacob Coxon Warns Congress That AI Is a Threat

Jacob Coxon left Anthropic, went viral with 170M views, and now faces AI executives in a historic NYC Council showdown. What he wants — and what's at stake.

Latin Times · Oct 6

City Council Hearing Faults Months of Missing Cooling Tower Enforcement in Upper East Side ZIP Codes

Council members said no cooling tower violations were issued in Upper East Side ZIP codes during the four months before the Legionnaires outbreak.

Medical Daily · Sep 3

John Galliano's Met Exhibition Has Been Canceled: What We Know About "Horizons"

The Met and John Galliano have canceled "John Galliano: Horizons," its planned Spring 2027 Costume Institute exhibition. Here's what happened.

Fashion Times · Sep 1

Fashion designer Galliano calls off Met Gala exhibit as backlash over anti-Semitic rant mounts

A planned nine-month retrospective of the work of fashion designer John Galliano at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art has been called off following backlash over the British designer's 2011 conviction for anti-Semitic and anti-Asian comments. Footage surfaced in 2011 showing Galliano hurling racist and anti-Semitic slurs at patrons in…

France 24 · Aug 31

Met Museum cancels John Galliano exhibition after backlash over antisemitic remarks

The Met Museum cancelled a planned exhibition for designer John Galliano. This decision followed significant criticism regarding his past antisemitic and racist comments. Galliano himself agreed to the cancellation after considerable reflection and regret. The museum will announce a replacement exhibition for its spring 2027 program. This situation highlights challenges…

The Economic Times · Aug 31

Met Gala exhibition honoring John Galliano is cancelled after backlash

Fashion designer was convicted of hate crime by French court in 2011 after series of racist and antisemitic remarks

The Guardian - US · Aug 31

Family of Indian teen killed in Central Park carriage crash sues New York City for $105 million

The family of 18-year-old Romanch Mahajan, who died after falling from a runaway horse carriage in New York's Central Park, is seeking $105 million from New York City, alleging stray electrical voltage caused the horse to bolt.

The Times of India · Aug 17

Upper East Side Legionnaires Death Toll Reaches Nine Two Weeks After the City Declared the Outbreak Over

Two more Legionnaires deaths push the Upper East Side toll to nine, two weeks after New York City said the summer cluster had ended.

Medical Daily · Aug 15