The City Council is taking on artificial intelligence — introducing a slate of bills Friday aimed at regulating AI companies doing business in the Big Apple, including by mandating “kill switches” and offering cash rewards for whistleblowers. The package of legislative proposals will be debated in a rare council-wide hearing next month – where all 51 members will convene to discuss the potential risks the advancing technology poses to New Yorkers. “New York City is fast becoming the technology and AI capital of the world, which we want to encourage,” Council Speaker Julie Menin said in a statement. “But that…