UNITED NATIONS — Executives from leading artificial-intelligence companies warned the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday that increasingly powerful AI systems could pose serious risks if governments fail to cooperate on safeguards. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei told the 15-member council that poorly managed AI could become a risk to humanity as a whole, according to Reuters.
Reuters reported that the anticipated briefers include Sam Altman, chief executive of OpenAI; Dario Amodei, chief executive of Anthropic; Clément Delangue, chief executive and co-founder of Hugging Face; and Yoshua Bengio, co-chair of the U.N.’s Independent International Scientific Panel on AI. Chinese AI labs DeepSeek and Moonshot were also invited to make statements, though DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng was not expected to attend. The meeting puts AI directly into the Security Council’s international-security agenda, where diplomats are weighing potential risks ranging from misuse and cyber threats to the broader consequences of systems that become more capable and autonomous.
The briefing follows U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres’ final address to the General Assembly on Tuesday.
The session was convened by France in its capacity as president of the Security Council and chaired by French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot. It is a formal high-level briefing on the maintenance of international peace and security, not an informal Arria-formula session.
Guterres called for countries leading the AI sector to share information about emerging safety risks, cooperate on testing and evaluation, and work toward common safeguards backed by credible independent oversight.
The discussion comes amid sharply different views over the pace and scope of AI regulation. Some industry leaders and researchers have called for stronger safeguards or slower development of the most advanced systems, while others argue that overly restrictive rules could hamper innovation and competition.
President Donald Trump told the General Assembly on Tuesday that his administration opposed new regulations that he believes would stifle AI growth, while saying the Justice Department would monitor the sector and could intervene if necessary. Those remarks represent the administration’s position and do not resolve the broader international debate over AI governance.
The Security Council first formally discussed AI risks in 2023. Wednesday’s meeting underscores how quickly the issue has moved from technology policy into diplomacy and national-security discussions.
Why it matters
AI development is increasingly a geopolitical issue as governments consider safety standards, military and cyber risks, economic competition and the possibility of cross-border notification systems for serious AI incidents. The U.N. meeting does not by itself create binding global AI rules, but it gives governments and technology leaders another forum to define where international cooperation may be possible.
Sources: Reuters reporting published Sept. 23, 2026; United Nations remarks and proceedings referenced in that reporting.