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At UN, OpenAI's Altman calls 'for extreme care' in AI

POLITICS 23.09.2026
At UN, OpenAI's Altman calls 'for extreme care' in AI
At UN, OpenAI's Altman calls 'for extreme care' in AI / Photo: © AFP

The current moment in AI development "calls for extreme care," OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told the UN Security Council on Wednesday, noting that the technology's advancement could accelerate rapidly.

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"The industry must not accept too much technological risk just because the benefits are too great and important to slow down," Altman told the United Nation's top body.

He was among tech industry leaders briefing an emergency meeting of the 15-member council, following weeks of global headlines about the risks of uncontrollable artificial intelligence and calls for a slowdown.

Besides Altman, Dario Amodei of Anthropic also addressed the session. Clement Delangue of Hugging Face is also expected to speak.

On Wednesday, Altman said his company would try its best to walk a "middle path."

While "we don't want to fall into the trap of blind optimism," he cautioned against falling into "doomerism" too.

Recently, OpenAI called for the United States to lead a global effort on establishing standards for artificial intelligence, noting that the US industry is at the technical frontier.

V.Allen--TNT

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