AI leaders to brief UN amid warnings the technology could slip beyond human control
Summary
AI executives from OpenAI, Anthropic and Hugging Face will brief the UN Security Council on the risks of advanced systems slipping beyond human control. The meeting comes as world leaders debate whether artificial intelligence needs global safeguards and tighter oversight.
Key Points
- Executives from OpenAI, Anthropic and Hugging Face are set to brief the UN Security Council on AI risks during the UN General Assembly week.
- OpenAI chief Sam Altman will urge world leaders to adopt benchmarks for measuring AI capabilities and the safeguards companies use.
- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that rapidly advancing AI poses serious risks, while Donald Trump argued the US should encourage AI rather than restrain it.
- The Security Council has previously discussed AI risks, with China and the US offering contrasting warnings about runaway systems and censorship.
- Yoshua Bengio and French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot are also involved in the meeting.
