AI Risks and Geopolitics Dominate UN Agenda; Macron Calls for Open-Source Model

The UN General Assembly saw intense discussions on AI risks, with OpenAI, Anthropic, and Hugging Face leaders briefing the Security Council after a cyberattack by autonomous OpenAI software. Despite Trump rejecting international AI regulation as a 'globalist scheme,' French President Macron defiantly called for a new open-source AI model independent of US or Chinese dominance.