OpenAI, Anthropic CEOs warn AI could pose threat to humanity

September 24, 2026:

OpenAI, Anthropic CEOs warn AI could pose threat to humanity

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman warns about the risks associated with artificial intelligence during a speech at the United Nations.

The CEOs of two of the world’s leading AI companies warned the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday that rapidly advancing AI could threaten humanity if governments and industry fail to keep it under human control.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said AI has enormous potential but also carries significant risks if it is not developed responsibly.

“If managed poorly, I even believe AI could be a risk to humanity as a whole,” Amodei told the 15-member council during a special meeting on AI held alongside the U.N. General Assembly.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman delivered a similar warning, saying AI’s development could move “so fast” that humans no longer have the ability to understand or intervene.

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman looks on during a UN Security Council meeting on artificial intelligence during the 81st United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York on Sept. 23, 2026. (Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images)

“We could lose control of the future to AI,” Altman said. “The risk is that it moves so fast that people can no longer follow what’s happening or intervene when needed. This would obviously be terrible.”

The meeting comes as concerns grow over increasingly advanced AI systems.

“For all the differences of the people in this room, we must put aside those differences in order to confront this global opportunity and global threat that is being presented to us at the same time,” Amodei said. “No leader, no company and no nation can manage this alone.”

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Dario Amodei, co-founder and chief executive officer of Anthropic, on screen, speaks virtually at a United Nations Security Council meeting

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei appears virtually during a United Nations Security Council meeting at the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Sept. 23, 2026. (John Lamparski/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Altman also urged countries to work together on AI as the technology continues to advance.

“If AI is to be democratic, the most important decisions cannot be made by labs in San Francisco alone,” he said. “They must be shaped through democratic processes and by governments, accountable to the people that they serve. At the international level, this will require cooperation.”

He added, “In our history, there have been times where countries who compete and don’t always like each other very much still come together for shared interests and the collective good in the face of a powerful new technology. We believe this must be one of those times.”

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The debate over how to develop and govern AI has intensified in recent weeks.

Earlier this month, Amodei published an essay urging the industry to “slow the pace” of frontier AI development. The essay drew public support from Altman and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.

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The discussion at the U.N. also came a day after President Donald Trump said the U.S. would reject what he described as a “globalist scheme” to control AI, while emphasizing that the U.S. should remain the global leader in the technology.

FOX Business’ Eric Revell and Reuters contributed to this report.

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