Altman and Amodei warn UN Security Council that AI needs global oversight
nordicinst · x · 2026-09-24
The UN Security Council held its first meeting on artificial intelligence, with OpenAI's Sam Altman and Anthropic's Dario Amodei warning world powers that AI's development has made both its upside and its risks more immediate, urging international cooperation to keep the technology under human control.
- The meeting took place during the General Assembly amid rising global concern that AI is spiraling out of control.
- The Council remains divided on enforcing global AI measures, with the US and China showing little interest in slowing development amid mutual suspicion.
- The executives acknowledged fears about the technology were not misplaced and pressed governments for urgent attention.
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