OpenAI and Anthropic CEOs brief UN Security Council on AI risks

Sam Altman and Dario Amodei addressed the UN Security Council during the General Assembly, warning that poorly managed AI could pose risks to humanity and calling for international benchmarks on capabilities, safeguards, and potential narrow bans such as biological weapons applications. The session, convened by France, also included Hugging Face and scientific panel input amid rising concerns over autonomous agent behavior and loss of control.