New York, Sept. 24 -- OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on Wednesday (local time) briefed the UN Security Council on the potential dangers of AI. Both tech czars have advocated for more control of AI systems and backed their call for pacing AI system development.

Addressing the Security Council, Altman said that while AI models can help discover new frontiers, there is a potential risk that the systems become more capable and more autonomous as they could make decisions that people no longer control.

"Anything this powerful is also powerful, is also intimidating. This moment is complicated as we feel both tremendous potential and the very understandable anxiety at the same time. These models can help people discover n...