AI leaders urge U.N. to regulate artificial intelligence they build

Leaders of major AI firms, including Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, urged the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday to establish controls over artificial intelligence, warning it could threaten humanity if mismanaged. They testified that safeguards are needed to prevent AI from becoming too powerful to control and to avoid concentrating its power in a single company or country. The Security Council convened to address questions about governing AI's growing capabilities. The session follows U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' warning about "killer robots," which experts and European leaders say are already a reality or close to it. Key unresolved issues include who controls life-and-death decisions and when regulation might come too late.