Altman and Amodei urge UN to adopt international AI standards

Sep 24, 2026
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei urged the UN Security Council to establish common standards for AI testing, risk assessment and incident reporting.
Altman and Amodei urge UN to adopt international AI standards
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The CEOs of OpenAI and Anthropic, Sam Altman and Dario Amodei, urged the UN Security Council to adopt international AI standards and improve cooperation between governments, CNN reports.

Amodei told the council that if AI is managed poorly it "could be a risk to humanity as a whole." Altman called for common methods to measure AI capabilities, assess risks, check safeguards and preserve human oversight. He also proposed rapid incident reporting and secure channels for governments to share information about emerging threats.

Amodei proposed agreements covering specific risks, including a ban on using AI to create biological weapons. He also called for systems that let countries verify commitments, shared testing standards and a notification process for AI security incidents. The meeting was not expected to produce a written agreement.

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