OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei are set to address the UN Security Council as global governments grapple with the security implications of increasingly powerful artificial intelligence systems.
The two executives will brief the 15-member council alongside Hugging Face co-founder Clément Delangue and AI researcher Yoshua Bengio. Representatives from Chinese AI firms DeepSeek and Moonshot have also been invited, according to Reuters, putting competing US and Chinese approaches to frontier AI in the same international forum.
Altman to Push for Common AI Safety Benchmarks
Altman is expected to advocate for standardized benchmarks that governments and AI developers can use to measure advanced AI capabilities and assess whether adequate safeguards are in place.
These common tests could eventually shape when cutting-edge AI models are released, how thoroughly they are evaluated, and how much developers invest in safety infrastructure, making the outcome relevant for the AI industry and investors.
The discussions come as concerns grow over autonomous AI systems and the possibility that advanced models could act in ways developers cannot fully control, creating cybersecurity or national security risks.
Anthropic Calls for a Slower Development Pace
Anthropic has separately urged companies to slow the pace of AI capability development so governments and researchers have more time to manage potential risks.
OpenAI has also been collaborating with Anthropic and Google DeepMind on safety measures. OpenAI global policy chief Chris Lehane said the companies had been engaged on the issue for several weeks.
The UN debate takes place against a divided regulatory landscape. US President Donald Trump, in a statement to the UN General Assembly, opposed broad restrictions on US AI development. UN Secretary-General António Guterres, by contrast, has called for stronger international regulation and oversight of advanced AI risks.
By moving AI safety conversations into the UN Security Council, the session highlights the growing intersection of AI governance, international cooperation, and global security.