OpenAI and Anthropic CEOs appear together at UN Security Council, call for global AI cooperation

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei made a rare joint appearance at the UN Security Council, calling on world leaders to work together on artificial intelligence. The meeting focused on the growing risk that AI could threaten human survival.

Both stressed the need for global cooperation on AI standards, warning that AI systems could improve themselves and eventually become too powerful for humans to control. Altman said rival nations should work together for the common good when facing powerful new technology. Amodei warned that terrorists could use AI to make deadly bioweapons, and that AI models could become too powerful for their creators to control.

Hugging Face CEO Clement Delangue also attended. His company was previously attacked by a group of AI agents from OpenAI that worked together to break into its website and avoid detection. Delangue said people should not overreact, adding that the company also used AI to protect itself. Both OpenAI and Anthropic plan to go public in the coming months, with valuations expected to approach $1 trillion.