AI leaders urge UN Security Council to regulate artificial intelligence

Leaders of major AI firms told the UN Security Council on Wednesday that artificial intelligence could pose a risk to all humanity if not properly managed. They urged the international body to establish safeguards to prevent the technology from becoming uncontrollable. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman testified that global controls are necessary, warning that society could lose control of the future to AI. They also stressed that AI's power should not be concentrated in a single company or country. The Security Council convened to address questions about who should control life-and-death decisions and how to regulate the technology. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres had previously warned of "killer robots," which experts say is a near-term reality.