OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei addressed the United Nations Security Council on September 23. They spoke during the annual General Assembly gathering in New York. Both urged governments to create common international standards for AI. Amodei, appearing by video, called AI the most important global security issue today. He said poorly managed systems could threaten humanity as a whole. He proposed starting with narrow agreements, including a ban on using AI to make biological weapons. He also asked for shared evaluation tools, testing standards for loss-of-control risks, and a system to report serious security incidents. Altman warned that AI could move so fast that humans lose the ability to understand or intervene. He said key decisions should not be left only to labs in San Francisco. Both stressed the need for human oversight and faster sharing of safety problems across borders.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei addressed the United Nations Security Council on September 23. They spoke during the annual General Assembly gathering in New York. Both urged governments to create common international standards for AI. Amodei, appearing by video, called AI the most important global security issue today. He said poorly managed systems could threaten humanity as a whole. He proposed starting with narrow agreements, including a ban on using AI to make biological weapons. He also asked for shared evaluation tools, testing standards for loss-of-control risks, and a system to report serious security incidents. Altman warned that AI could move so fast that humans lose the ability to understand or intervene. He said key decisions should not be left only to labs in San Francisco. Both stressed the need for human oversight and faster sharing of safety problems across borders.