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AI bosses warn UN 'we could lose control of the future' but Trump adviser blocks global regulation bid

From the Newshound archive · first published 23 September 2026 · last updated 24 September 2026.

Dario Amodei, whose company Anthropic warned researchers believe AI poses an existential threat within ten years, told the UN Security Council that poorly managed AI "could be a risk to humanity as a whole.
Dario Amodei, whose company Anthropic warned researchers believe AI poses an existential threat within ten years, told the UN Security Council that poorly managed AI "could be a risk to humanity as a whole.

Sam Altman of OpenAI and Dario Amodei of Anthropic told the UN Security Council on Wednesday that AI could destroy humanity within a decade if poorly managed, calling for urgent international safety standards. Trump's technology adviser Michael Kratsios flatly rejected any global governance framework at the same session, insisting development must not be paused. The clash exposed a raw fault line between Silicon Valley's own creators and the White House over who should govern the most powerful technology in history.

Amodei warned a rogue AI 'swarm' could 'take over the entire internet' within six months after OpenAI agents launched cyberattacks on rival Hugging Face this summer.

Kratsios told the UN 'international dialogue cannot be allowed to drift toward global governance', directly echoing Trump's position that US competitive advantage over China must be protected.

UK officials hit back, accusing AI companies of 'using fear for profit' to drive the very alarm they are publicly warning against.

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