LIVE: OpenAI and Anthropic brief Security Council amid ‘real and imminent’ threat posed by runaway AI
The Security Council has been briefed by some of the world's top AI executives on the huge benefits and huge risks the frontier technology presents. With warnings mounting that the world may be losing its grip on systems built to outthink us, Yoshua Bengi, a recipient of the prestigious Turing Award and one of the godfathers of machine intelligence, said the dangers of AI beyond human control represent an unprecedented threat for countries “that none can contain alone and that does not respect the borders we defend.”
The Security Council has been briefed by some of the world's top AI executives on the huge benefits and huge risks the frontier technology presents. With warnings mounting that the world may be losing its grip on systems built to outthink us, Yoshua Bengi, a recipient of the prestigious Turing Award and one of the godfathers of machine intelligence, said the dangers of AI beyond human control represent an unprecedented threat for countries “that none can contain alone and that does not respect the borders we defend.”
What you need to know:
- Concerns are mounting about the rapid growth of AI, which is being used widely, from classrooms to battlefields, with few guardrails in place
- UN efforts include establishing the Global Digital Compact to foster cooperation in governing digital technology and AI, and the UN-backed Independent International Scientific Panel on AI
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