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New York · SpaceXAI · Subpoena
SpaceXAI likely a no-show as NYC Council grills AI labs today
Anthropic, OpenAI, Google and Meta testify under oath at 10 a.m. CT. Musk’s AI unit answered the subpoena but probably won’t send anyone, the Speaker’s office says.
All 51 members of the New York City Council convene this morning as a rare Committee of the Whole to examine AI risks. Anthropic’s Frontier Red Team head Logan Graham, OpenAI’s Morgan Dwyer, Meta’s Shane Cahill and Google’s Alice Friend are on the witness list, alongside former lab employees turned whistleblowers, including Daniel Kokotajlo.
SpaceXAI responded to Speaker Julie Menin’s Sept. 28 subpoena, but a Menin spokesperson told Gothamist the company “will likely not” send a representative. That reverses Friday’s amNewYork report that it was expected to appear.
If SpaceXAI fails to comply with the subpoena, the Council may seek judicial enforcement in New York State Supreme Court. — NYC Council press release, Sept. 28
On the table is a 10-bill package. The lead bill would bar deploying an AI system in the city without third-party validation and a human-operated “kill switch.” Others would give whistleblowers a share of fines and let New Yorkers sue over weak safeguards.
Sources: Gothamist · CNBC · NYC Council
Also today
Washington · Super Intelligence
Trump launches a “Super Intelligence Force”
On Sunday Trump named DNI Jay Clayton, who is expected to become AI czar, to lead a federal AI task force. The other members are FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson, DoD research and engineering chief Emil Michael and OPM Director Scott Kupor, and the group reports to Trump and chief of staff Susie Wiles. It follows last Tuesday’s White House AI summit, which Musk attended. The post gave few details on actual oversight powers.
“The Super Intelligence Force will coordinate the Federal Government’s engagement with … Super Intelligence Companies.” — Donald Trump on Truth Social, Oct. 4
Musk’s SpaceXAI to SpaceXSI rename, confirmed on X over the weekend, hadn’t reached the company’s websites or social handles as of this morning, according to Euronews.
Musk on X
Musk flips his “biological bootloader” warning
In 2014 Musk hoped humanity wasn’t “just the biological boot loader for digital superintelligence.” Late Sunday he recast that as a win, as long as the intelligence spreads off-world.
“Propagating super intelligence to the stars is a great success condition for a biological bootloader.” — Elon Musk on X, Oct. 5
The Boring Company · Nashville
Four tunnel machines underground by year-end
TBC’s Oct. 1 Music City Loop update says MB1 and MB2 are now mining at the same time, MB3 launches in late October from a new two-machine site, and MB4 is being built. All pre-tunneling permits are in hand, more than 40 stations are in design, and MB1 has had more than 300 upgrades. The opening target hasn’t changed.
SpaceX Store · Terafab
Catch-up: SpaceX drops a Terafab line
shop.spacex.com published a black Terafab pullover hoodie ($75) and Terafab tee ($40) on Oct. 2. Both are S–3XL with raised silicone graphics. We missed this in the last two editions, and it’s timely given Musk’s confirmed TSMC–Terafab talks.
Briefs · Calendar
Meridian conflict questions, NYT version
The New York Times, syndicated by NZ Herald, revisits conflict-of-interest worries over Musk co-leading the Pentagon’s 120-day Project Meridian study with Palmer Luckey and Newt Gingrich. Findings are due Jan. 28, 2027.
Other stores: quiet
There are no new Tesla, xAI or Boring Company store drops. The newest Boring Co item is still April’s hi-vis workshirt.
Coming up
The Tesla Roadster demo is Oct. 15, after a weather delay. Starship Flight 15 is no earlier than Oct. 19, with a ship catch possible but not confirmed. Tesla reports Q3 earnings Oct. 21 at 4:30 p.m. CT.
From Sunday’s edition (context)
Sunday’s edition covered the SpaceXSI rename confirmation, TSMC–Terafab talks, Austin Robotaxi running until 11 p.m., and Neuralink’s 50,000-hour decoder. That’s background now, so it isn’t repeated as a lead today.