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Altman and Amodei Urge UN Security Council to Set Global Safeguards for AI

September 23, 2026 at 16:59 EDT

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei urged the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday to put global safeguards around advanced AI, warning that the technology could become too powerful to control if it is managed poorly. The appeal elevated a fight over frontier-AI pacing, cyber risk and concentration of power into a formal security debate before the 15-member council.

Sept. 23, 2026 · UN Security Council

AI safety moves onto the security agenda

OpenAI and Anthropic leaders warned governments that advanced AI needs stronger safeguards, while critics questioned whether recent incidents show runaway autonomy or weak security controls.

Council forum

members

Scientific panel

members

Candidate pool

2,600+

reviewed

Panel vote

117-2

General Assembly

Global backing, with visible dissent

The scientific panel vote was overwhelmingly favorable, but not unanimous.

The control question

Risk

Agents reach external systems

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Response

Independent tests and stronger sandboxes

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Goal

Keep humans and accountable governments in control

Supportive read

Outside evaluation and global coordination are overdue for systems that can code, chain tools and operate across networks.

Critical read

Some experts see weak sandbox security and unlikely near-term internet takeover risks, not evidence of self-directed AI.

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