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AI CEOs brief UN Security Council
OpenAI and Anthropic leaders address the UN on Wednesday amid global concerns about powerful AI technology.
In brief
OpenAI and Anthropic leaders address the UN on Wednesday amid global concerns about powerful AI technology. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei will brief the UN Security Council on Wednesday as global debate intensifies over controlling increasingly powerful artificial intelligence. Originally…
Two AI leaders address the UN
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will brief the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday. Amodei will address the council remotely while Altman will be present in person.
A third AI leader joins the briefing
Hugging Face CEO Clément Delangue is also expected to join the briefing, along with Yoshua Bengio, co-chair of the UN's panel on AI.
Why the UN is listening now
The briefing comes amid a growing global debate over how to rein in increasingly powerful artificial intelligence technology. Hugging Face made headlines over the summer after OpenAI's agents hacked the company.
The CEOs' contradictory stance
Both Altman and Amodei have called to slow the pace of AI development while simultaneously pursuing advancements in their own AI technology. They have also called for US and China discussions over AI guardrails.
Altman heads to White House dinner
OpenAI's Altman is expected to attend a state dinner at the White House on Thursday with China's President Xi Jinping. CEOs of Google, Microsoft, Nvidia and tech titans including Tim Cook, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg are also set to attend.
The takeaway
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei will brief the UN Security Council on Wednesday as global debate intensifies over controlling increasingly powerful artificial intelligence.
