OpenAI and Anthropic CEOs push for AI cooperation at UN after Trump rebuffs 'globalist scheme' to control it
- ID
- 27870
- Status
- summarized
- Published
- 24 Sep 2026, 8:27 PM
- Fetched
- 24 Sep 2026, 9:25 PM
- Provider
- CNBC Technology
- Category
- technology
- Original URL
- https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/23/altman-amodei-un-ai-safety.html
- Source URL
- https://www.cnbc.com/id/19854910/device/rss/rss.html
Summary
- Score
- 3.5
- Created
- 24 Sep 2026, 9:25 PM
- Tags
- Audience
- ai_ml_learnerssaas_foundersai_agent_users
What happened
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei both addressed the UN Security Council on Wednesday, calling for international coordination on AI risks, with Altman saying countries that compete should still 'come together for shared interests' in the face of a powerful new technology. President Donald Trump addressed the UN the same week and criticized what he described as a 'globalist scheme' to control AI. The appearance follows Amodei's proposal earlier this month to slow the pace of AI development, which Altman publicly agreed with — a rare sign of alignment between the two rivals.
Why it matters
There is nothing operational here to act on: no rule, deadline, model change, pricing change, or API term change is stated in the text, and no Malaysian or Southeast Asian regulator or company is named. Treat it as background on the political split between US-level deregulation rhetoric and UN-level coordination talk — it does not tell you to change any code, contract, or deployment decision this week.
Discussion angle
Both CEOs of competing frontier labs are asking for external coordination while their own safety practices are described as under scrutiny — is a 'slow down the frontier' proposal from vendors credible to anyone building on their APIs, or does it just raise the cost of entry for smaller teams?