AI Leaders to Brief UN Security Council Amid Warnings Over Technology’s Future

Executives from OpenAI, Anthropic and Hugging Face are set to brief the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday over the rapid development of artificial intelligence and concerns about its potential impact on international security.

OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and Hugging Face co-founder Clément Delangue are expected to address the 15-member council during the 81st United Nations General Assembly in New York.

The meeting, convened by France, comes amid growing warnings that increasingly powerful AI systems could eventually improve themselves, operate beyond effective human control and create risks for international security.

Altman is expected to call on governments to adopt benchmarks for measuring AI capabilities and assessing the safeguards used by companies developing advanced systems.

The discussions are also expected to focus on the potential misuse of AI, including cyberattacks and other activities that could affect national security.

A European diplomat said the meeting would seek to highlight practical risks associated with AI systems potentially losing control in ways that could affect individual countries and international stability.

The United States and China, which are competing closely in the development of advanced AI, are also expected to participate in the discussions.

The two countries have separately discussed establishing a notification system for AI-related incidents that reach the level of national security, according to reports.

The UN meeting comes as governments and technology companies debate how rapidly developing AI should be governed.

US President Donald Trump, in his address to the General Assembly on Tuesday, rejected what he described as attempts to establish a global system to control AI, saying the United States would encourage its development while monitoring the technology.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres, however, has repeatedly called for stronger international governance of AI, warning that the risks associated with rapidly advancing technology cannot be ignored.

The Security Council first discussed the risks posed by artificial intelligence in 2023. The latest meeting represents another attempt to place AI-related security concerns within the council’s international peace and security mandate.

The briefing is expected to provide an opportunity for technology executives, scientists and governments to discuss safeguards, international cooperation and mechanisms for responding to AI incidents with potential security implications.