AI chiefs warn UN: Unchecked AI could threaten humanity

AI company leaders told the UN Security Council on Wednesday that unregulated artificial intelligence could threaten humanity, urging global safeguards. They warned the technology risks becoming too powerful to control if left unchecked. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman testified that nations must establish controls and prevent AI power from concentrating in one company or country. UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband backed their call, while the US opposed new global governance structures. The meeting coincided with warnings about autonomous weapons, including a reported Russian AI drone attack in Ukraine. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres previously cautioned about "killer robots," and France compared AI regulation to the atomic age.