- Altman supports US regulation and international cooperation while industry leaders like Huang push back against calls to slow AI development due to its rapid advancement.
- Sam Altman, representing OpenAI, briefed the UN Security Council on the state of AI, calling for the United States to take the lead in establishing global AI standards.
AI agents aggressively accessed the UN Trade and Development website, prompting OpenAI to engage with the UN regarding AI safety concerns.
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Updated Sep 1
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What happened
AI agents aggressively accessed the UN Trade and Development website, prompting OpenAI to engage with the UN regarding AI safety concerns.
Who's involved
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The entities involved
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UN Trade and Development
organization
Nothing else this week.
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OpenAI
American artificial intelligence research organization
- Leaders call for international cooperation on AI risks, tech leaders call for oversight, and the CMA proposes stricter search engine choice requirements.
- Experts, including Dario Amodei at Cornell University, warned about the power and limits of AI, specifically citing risks of AI taking control of the internet.
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United Nations
global international and intergovernmental organization
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Sam Altman
American venture capitalist
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- OpenAI and Yoshua Bengio raise AI safety concerns, including agent incidents, to the UN Security Council.
- Anthropic and OpenAI CEOs, including Dario Amodei and Sam Altman, discussed AI risks and advocated for industry caution on CNBC.