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AI leaders warn U.N. of risks to humanity from the technology they are building

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AI leaders warn U.N. of risks to humanity from the technology they are building

Leaders of major AI firms told the UN Security Council on Wednesday that the technology calls for heightened vigilance, with Anthropic's CEO pledging to slow down where needed to ensure the safety of new releases.

"This moment calls for extreme care," OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said in New York at an emergency meeting of the 15-member council.

He warned that as AI systems become more capable and autonomous, they could move faster than institutions or concentrate power into too few hands.

Altman was among industry leaders briefing the council following weeks of global headlines about the risks of uncontrollable artificial intelligence and calls for a slowdown, which have been resisted by US President Donald Trump.

"The industry must not accept too much technological risk just because the benefits are too great and important to slow down," Altman told the United Nations' top body.

He also urged governments to work with each other and the industry on decisions shaping the technology's future.

"In our history, there have been times where countries who compete and don't always like each other very much still come together for shared interests and the collective good in the face of a powerful new technology," he said.

Speaking after Altman, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said his company understands that as AI models become more powerful, "even more stringent standards of safety will be required."

He said Anthropic aims to improve its ability to prevent misuse of the technology.

"We will slow down as much as necessary in order to make sure that every successive AI technology that we release is actually safe," Amodei said in a video feed.


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