UN hearing exposes AI leaders' split on risks and regulation

letemps.ch (French) —

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei addressed the UN Security Council on AI risks, while researcher Yoshua Bengio warned against framing the race as inevitable. The two Silicon Valley leaders touted their technologies' potential, acknowledged dangers, and called for a global regulatory framework, though they offered only vague promises to slow development. The meeting follows recent AI incidents, including an OpenAI autonomous agent hacking an Australian government website in June, which Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called "unacceptable."


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