AI leaders warn UN: Slow down before it's too late
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Two top artificial intelligence executives will brief the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday. Dario Amodei, head of Anthropic, and Sam Altman, head of OpenAI, have both called for slowing the pace of AI development.
Their appearance before the Council signals growing global concern about the speed of AI progress. Both men lead companies at the center of the AI boom. Their warning is notable: the people building the technology are asking for it to be slowed.
The Security Council has rarely addressed AI. Wednesday's briefing puts the issue alongside war and peace on its agenda.
Details of what the two executives will say have not been released.