Tech Leaders Urge UN for AI Regulation Amidst Warnings of Risk to Humanity

Heads of major AI firms, including Anthropic's Dario Amodei and OpenAI's Sam Altman, pleaded with the United Nations Security Council to regulate the rapidly expanding technology. They warned that poorly managed AI could pose a significant risk to humanity and called for global safeguards, common testing standards, and agreements to prevent misuse, such as AI-driven biological weapons.