AI leaders urge UN to regulate artificial intelligence for humanity's safety
Top AI executives urged the UN Security Council on Wednesday to regulate artificial intelligence, warning that unmanaged development could threaten humanity's future and that control must not be concentrated in any single company or nation. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman testified that safeguards are essential to prevent AI from becoming too powerful to control, while British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband backed their call, saying the UK will prioritize global AI standards during its G20 presidency. The United States opposed new global governance, with White House adviser Michael Kratsios arguing for continued development, while China's UN ambassador warned against forced alignment and promoted open-source models. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy cited an AI-directed drone killing, and experts noted autonomous weapons are already a reality.