OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman, Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei and Hugging Face co‑founder Clement Delangue are scheduled to present to the 15‑member council during the United Nations General Assembly’s annual gathering of world leaders.
Altman told reporters on September 22 that he will urge governments to adopt measurable benchmarks for AI capabilities and to assess the safeguards that companies put in place as the technology advances.
The briefing will be chaired by French Foreign Minister Jean‑Noël Barrot, and council members representing the United States, China and other states are also slated to speak.
A European diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the meeting’s primary goal is to illuminate the practical risks of AI systems losing control in ways that could affect both international security and the safety of individual nations, adding that “the key question is whether we could one day face a situation where algorithms interacting with each other trigger a war.”
The session follows a 2023 Security Council meeting on AI, where China warned the technology should not become a “runaway horse” and the United States cautioned against its use for censorship. In 2024, former U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken chaired a similar discussion.
UN Secretary‑General António Guterres, a long‑time advocate for global AI governance, has highlighted the existential risks posed by rapid AI development. He convened a 39‑member advisory body in 2023 and, in 2025, helped create an Independent International Scientific Panel, co‑chaired by AI pioneer Yoshua Bengio, who will also brief the council.
Ahead of a U.S.–China summit on September 24, officials from both countries have discussed establishing a notification system for AI‑related incidents that could rise to the level of national security threats.
President Donald Trump, speaking at the General Assembly on September 22, rejected any “globalist scheme to control” AI, describing the technology as “amazing” and asserting that the United States will continue to lead its development while monitoring it through the Department of Justice.