US Rejects Global AI Governance at UN Security Council
Kratsios said countries should set their own rules as OpenAI, Anthropic and Hugging Face urged common safety standards for advanced AI.
- On Wednesday, the United States rejected global governance of artificial intelligence at the United Nations Security Council in New York. Michael Kratsios, the administration's representative, stated that individual nations should retain control over regulating emerging technologies.
- Convened by France, the UN meeting featured warnings from industry leaders including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, who argued that rapid AI development necessitates international coordination to mitigate existential risks.
- Altman called for common safety standards, stating "if AI is to be democratic, the most important decisions cannot be made by labs in San Francisco alone." Hugging Face CEO Clement Delangue urged stronger monitoring protocols.
- Dismissing global frameworks, Kratsios cited the Carolina Principles as a superior model for building domestic capacity. He argued American representatives must legislate on behalf of their people, rejecting centralized control of superintelligence.
- This position contrasts with Canadian AI expert Yoshua Bengio, who told the council AI poses unprecedented threats requiring collective action. The United States maintains it will assist partners in building secure infrastructure through its own technology programs.
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US rejects global AI governance at UN Security Council
The United States is rejecting any global governance of advanced AI, telling the UN Security Council in New York today that each country should regulate the technology itself. Michael Kratsios, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, delivers the US statement after the meeting’s four briefers from science and industry. “The frontier of […] This story continues at The Next Web
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