Leaders of Artificial Intelligence giants told the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday that the technology demands heightened vigilance, with Anthropic’s CEO Dario Amodei pledging to slow down when needed to ensure the safety of new releases.
“This moment calls for extreme care,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said in New York at an emergency meeting of the 15-member council.
He warned that as AI systems become more capable and autonomous, they could move faster than institutions or concentrate much power into a few hands.
Altman was among industry leaders briefing the council following weeks of global headlines about the risks of uncontrollable artificial intelligence and calls for a slowdown.
“The industry must not accept too much technological risk just because the benefits are too great and important to slow down,” Altman told the United Nations’ top body.
Speaking after Altman, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said his company understands that as
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