OpenAI’s Altman and Anthropic’s Amodei address UN security council

Dario Amodei addresses the United Nations security council in New York City on Wednesday. Photograph: Brendan McDermid/Reuters

Sam Altman of OpenAI and Dario Amodei of Anthropic, heads of two of the world’s largest artificial intelligence companies, addressed the United Nations security council on Wednesday in separate briefings on AI safety.

“We have a choice in front of us,” Altman told the council. “AI can either be more like a new renaissance of creativity and discovery, or more like a new industrial revolution of upheaval and disarray.”