ai leaders warn un of existential risk, call for immediate action
heads of major ai firms, including yoshua bengio and sam altman, warn un security council of ai risks to humanity, urging global cooperation and immediate safety measures.
a historic un security council briefing on ai was held, featuring speeches from major ai firm leaders yoshua bengio, sam altman, dario amodei, and hugging face ceo clement delangue. they warned that ai could pose a risk to humanity as a whole without intervention. the speakers called for preflight safety testing, transparency auditing, liability, global dialogue, and immediate action. there was broad agreement among the speakers, with bengio's remarks being particularly well-received. however, some speeches, such as amodei's, were criticized for overhyping recent discoveries.