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AI leaders to brief UN amid warnings the technology could slip beyond human control

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AI leaders from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Hugging Face are scheduled to brief the United Nations Security Council on September 23, addressing concerns that advanced AI could improve itself beyond human control, posing a risk to international security. Executives Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, and Clement Delangue will urge world leaders to establish benchmarks for measuring AI capabilities and assessing safety measures. French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot will chair the meeting, focusing on practical risks of AI losing control and potentially triggering conflicts between nations.
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Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, and Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, along with Clément Delangue, co-founder of Hugging Face, will brief the UN Security Council on September 23 during the annual UN General Assembly in New York. This briefing comes amid growing concerns that advanced AI technologies could become uncontrollable and pose threats to international security. The meeting includes leading AI rivals such as the United States and China, highlighting the global debate over regulating AI development. French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot will chair the session. Altman plans to advocate for benchmarks to measure AI capabilities and ensure safety standards are met internationally.

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Ahead of a meeting between US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Washington on Sept 24, the US and China have discussed setting up a notification system for common goals and common threats that would cover AI-related incidents that rise to a national security level.
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AI leaders to brief UN amid warnings the technology could slip beyond human control uncertain
technology → brief → control
Executives from OpenAI, Anthropic and Hugging Face will brief the United Nations Security Council on Sept 23 amid warnings that increasingly powerful artificial intelligence (AI) technologies could soon improve themselves, slip beyond human control and threaten international security. uncertain
technologies → brief → security
OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman, Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei and Hugging Face co-founder Clement Delangue are due to brief the 15-member council during the annual General Assembly gathering of world leaders at the UN. asserted
Altman → brief → UN
Altman plans to urge world leaders to adopt benchmarks for measuring AI capabilities and assessing the safeguards companies put in place as they develop the technology, an OpenAI executive told reporters on Sept 22. asserted
executive → plan → Sept
Council members, including leading AI rivals the United States and China, are also set to speak. asserted
members → include → rivals
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot will chair the meeting. asserted
Barrot → chair → meeting
A European diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the main objective of the meeting was to shine a light on the practical risks of AI losing control in ways that affect international security and the security of individual states. asserted
that → speak → states
“These are issues that fall squarely within the Security Council’s mandate,” the diplomat said. asserted
diplomat → fall → mandate
“The key question is whether we could one day face a situation where algorithms interacting with each other trigger a war. uncertain
algorithms → face → war
Ahead of a meeting between US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Washington on Sept 24, the US and China have discussed setting up a notification system for common goals and common threats that would cover AI-related incidents that rise to a national security level. asserted
that → discuss → level
Trump wants to encourage AI, not rein it in Trump told world leaders at the UN General Assembly on Sept 22 that he “rejects any attempt to construct a globalist scheme to control” AI, describing the technology as amazing, but noted that the US would be careful. asserted
US → want → technology
“We’re leading now over China by a lot, and everyone else, and we’re going to keep it that way,” Trump said. asserted
Trump → lead → it
“I’m not going to stifle growth of something that will be bigger than the Industrial Revolution.” asserted
that → go → Revolution
“We’re going to encourage it, not rein it in. asserted
We → go → it
We’re going to watch it closely through the Department of Justice,” he said. asserted
he → go → Justice
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that rapidly advancing AI poses risks that cannot be ignored, putting him at odds with Trump. asserted
that → warn → Trump
Guterres has long pushed for global governance of AI and in 2023 created a 39-member advisory body for one year, with members including tech company executives, government officials and academics from countries such as the US, Russia and Japan. asserted
members → push → US
The 193-member UN General Assembly then created the Independent International Scientific Panel in 2025. asserted
Assembly → create → 2025
Yoshua Bengio, a Canadian considered one of the “Godfathers of AI” and co-chair of the panel, will also brief the Security Council. asserted
Bengio → consider → Council
The Security Council met for the first time on the risks of AI in 2023, when China said the technology should not become a “runaway horse” and the US warned against its use to censor or repress people. asserted
US → meet → people
Then-US Secretary of State Antony Blinken chaired a Security Council meeting on AI in 2024. asserted
Blinken → chair → 2024
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