AI CEOs to Brief UN Security Council on AI Risks Ahead of Trump-Xi Summit
Tech leaders to address UN Security Council
The UN Security Council will spend Wednesday afternoon listening to AI company leaders discuss the risks of artificial intelligence. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, AI safety researcher Yoshua Bengio, and Hugging Face CEO Clément Delangue are scheduled to brief the 15-member council.
Chinese AI startups DeepSeek and Moonshot, developer of the Kimi models, have also been invited to make statements. DeepSeek gained attention in January 2025 when its low-cost AI model wiped roughly $600 billion off Nvidia's market cap.
Key speakers and agenda
- France organized the session and holds the council's rotating presidency this month. Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot will chair it.
- The meeting's concept note reportedly focuses on AI systems slipping beyond human control.
- Expected topics include AI that could run cyberattacks, sway elections, or design weapons without human oversight.
- Amodei will join remotely rather than in person.
Conflicting views on AI development
Amodei published an essay on September 12 called “We Must Pace the Frontier,” advocating for a deliberate slowdown in building advanced AI models. He said Anthropic would give outside evaluators permanent, staff-level access to check its safety promises. Sam Altman and Elon Musk both voiced agreement within hours.
Amodei also called China “the autocratic country with by far the most advanced AI capabilities” and argued the U.S. should keep restricting exports of advanced chips to Beijing, while asking Beijing to cooperate on global safety rules. China's Foreign Ministry called the essay counterproductive, and state media branded it a “Cold War playbook” aimed at containing China.
President Donald Trump rejected the slowdown push, calling AI-takeover warnings a “hoax” tied to the “Radical Left” and accusing Amodei of wrongdoing without offering evidence.
Context and upcoming summit
Days after Amodei's essay, King Charles hosted executives from Anthropic, OpenAI, Nvidia, and Google DeepMind at his Scottish estate for an AI safety summit that produced conversation but no publicly known agreements.
Wednesday's session is not expected to produce a binding deal. It takes place two days before President Trump meets Chinese President Xi Jinping in Washington on September 24. AI safety is reportedly on the agenda alongside trade.
What is confirmed
Confirmed details include the scheduled briefing by the named AI leaders, the invitation to DeepSeek and Moonshot, France's role in organizing the session, Amodei's remote participation, and the dates of his essay and the upcoming Trump-Xi summit.
What is still unclear
The concept note's focus on AI beyond human control is reported but not directly quoted. The outcome of the session and any specific agreements are not known.
Sources
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