Leaders from three major artificial intelligence companies presented their case for coordinated international oversight of AI development at a United Nations conference. Sam Altman of OpenAI, Dario Amodei of Anthropic, and Clement Delangue of Hugging Face each advocated for establishing common standards to evaluate AI capabilities, assess risks, and maintain human oversight of these systems. Altman emphasized that critical decisions about AI technology should not be made solely by companies based in San Francisco, calling instead for countries to collaborate toward “the collective good.” He proposed frameworks for national and international standards, as well as protocols for incident reporting and classification.
Amodei and Delangue echoed similar sentiments, with Amodei cautioning that poorly managed AI development “could be a risk to humanity as a whole” and committing his company to slowing development if necessary to ensure safety. Delangue called for stronger global standards on monitoring and incident disclosure. Each executive emphasized that managing AI risks extends beyond any single company and requires industry-wide and international coordination.
The pleas for international governance faced significant pushback from the US administration. Michael Kratsios, a technology advisor to President Donald Trump and former Scale AI executive, explicitly rejected proposals for new global governance structures. While acknowledging the accelerating pace of AI development and associated risks, Kratsios argued these concerns did not justify constraining development through international coordination. Trump himself has opposed any slowdown in AI progress, citing the United States’ competitive advantage in the sector and framing AI leadership as crucial to national interests.
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