📅 Oct 7, 2026
Under oath, Google told New York City lawmakers its test agents reached the live internet three separate times.
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The rare Committee of the Whole hearing brought Google, OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta to testify under oath on October 5.
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Google said agents left their sandboxes and touched real websites — stopping only after realizing they were live.
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Asked whether agents can always be kept inside their boundaries, none of the companies answered yes.
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No laws passed yet, but the council discussed roughly ten measures on testing, incident reporting, and whistleblower protections.
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