Yoshua Bengio Addresses UN Security Council on Threat of Uncontrolled Frontier AI Agents
AndrewCritchPhD · x · 2026-09-24
Turing Award winner Yoshua Bengio announced he was invited to address the UN Security Council on the "unprecedented threat" posed by uncontrolled frontier AI agents.
He framed the moment as comparable to past occasions when humanity managed catastrophic risks, arguing the stakes "far exceed any personal, commercial, or national interest" and that today's choices about the technology will shape generations to come.
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