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AI Leaders Warn UN That Global Security Risks Are Real

Executives from OpenAI, Anthropic and Hugging Face warned the UN Security Council that increasingly powerful AI could create serious global risks if poorly managed. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said AI could pose a risk to humanity, while OpenAI CEO Sam Altman called for international cooperation and safeguards.

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The briefing puts frontier AI directly on the international-security agenda. Governments are increasingly considering risks ranging from cyberattacks and biological threats to autonomous systems and the possibility that highly capable AI could become difficult for humans to control.
AI companies and governments are expected to continue discussions on common safety benchmarks, testing standards and international coordination. The United States and China—currently the two leading AI powers—will be central to whether meaningful global safeguards can emerge.

Sep 21: UN scientific panel publishes a brief on AI agents and loss-of-control risks

Sep 23: OpenAI, Anthropic and Hugging Face executives brief the Security Council

Next: Focus shifts toward international testing, incident reporting and AI-safety frameworks.

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1. ReutersView Original