UN leaders clash over AI regulation as Guterres urges safeguards and Trump rejects oversight

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World leaders at the UN General Assembly clashed over AI governance, with Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urging strict oversight and US President Donald Trump rejecting regulation while promoting the term "Super Intelligence." Guterres warned that "life-and-death decisions must never be surrendered to machines" and called for safeguards, as the UN Security Council prepared to discuss controls. Trump dismissed safety advocates' warnings, comparing them to climate change predictions, and opposed any "globalist scheme" to regulate AI. More than 20 European countries backed binding AI safety measures, though China and the US did not endorse them. Britain pledged to push global AI standards during its 2027 G20 presidency, while France proposed building an independent open-source AI model. OpenAI's Sam Altman was set to address the Security Council.


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