Anthropic CEO Warns Poorly Managed AI Could Be ‘Risk to Humanity’

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei addressed the United Nations Security Council, warning that artificial intelligence could pose a risk to humanity. He urged the council to develop agreements banning AI for biological weapons and to establish accountability and testing systems for AI models. Amodei also called for a notification system for AI incidents impacting global security.

• Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei warned the UN Security Council about the potential risks of AI to humanity.
• He urged the council to create agreements banning AI for biological weapons.
• Amodei called for evaluation and verification systems for AI, global standards for testing AI models, and a notification system for AI incidents affecting global security.
• Other AI executives, including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Hugging Face CEO Clément Delangue, also spoke at the meeting.