Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, is expected to take part in a high-level UN Security Council debate on artificial intelligence and international security on September 23, 2026. The meeting focuses on the risks of advanced AI, the possibility of losing control, and the need to build AI more safely.

What is happening?

The Security Council is holding a high-level briefing on “Artificial Intelligence and International Security,” under the maintenance of international peace and security agenda, during the high-level week of the 81st General Assembly session. France — which holds the Council presidency in September 2026 — is convening the meeting, and French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noël Barrot is expected to chair.

The anticipated briefers include Yoshua Bengio (Co-Chair of the UN's Independent International Scientific Panel on AI), Sam Altman (CEO of OpenAI), Dario Amodei (CEO of Anthropic) and Clément Delangue (CEO of Hugging Face). According to ABC News, Altman is attending in person while Amodei is participating remotely.

Why does the UN care about AI risk?

The debate is not only about chatbots or AI's impact on jobs. France's concept note raises two broad risk groups: first, the deliberate misuse of advanced AI — cyberattacks, biological or chemical threats, disinformation and other hostile activity; second, the possibility that increasingly capable AI systems behave in ways developers cannot reliably predict or control (misalignment). The Security Council began formally discussing AI's impact on international security back in 2023.

Amodei and the voice for AI safety

Amodei is one of the industry leaders who regularly speaks about the risks of increasingly powerful systems and stresses the need to build safeguards. What stands out is that this is no longer an industry-only conversation: once it reaches the Security Council, the question becomes whether controlling AI — if it grows powerful enough to affect infrastructure, cybersecurity or critical systems — is still only the responsibility of tech companies.

Not just a U.S.-company story

The discussion has a clear international dimension. Reuters reports that Chinese AI firms DeepSeek and Moonshot were also invited and will send representatives to speak at the session. That makes the meeting more notable than a debate among U.S. AI companies alone — AI is increasingly a thread linking technology, the economy, security and international relations.

30 seconds to get it

  • What happened? Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and several AI leaders and experts are expected to brief the UN Security Council on September 23, 2026.
  • What are they discussing? AI and international security, especially the risks of misuse, loss of control, and how to build AI safely.
  • Who is taking part? Dario Amodei, Sam Altman, Yoshua Bengio and Clément Delangue are among the expected briefers; China's DeepSeek and Moonshot were also invited to speak.
  • Why it matters? AI is being discussed not just as a tech product but as an issue that can affect international security.

Frequently asked questions

  • When is the meeting? — September 23, 2026, during the high-level week of the 81st UN General Assembly session, convened by France (Security Council president in September).
  • Who is briefing? — Expected briefers include Yoshua Bengio, Sam Altman, Dario Amodei and Clément Delangue; Altman attends in person, Amodei remotely.
  • What is on the agenda? — AI risks to international security: deliberate misuse (cyber, bio/chemical, disinformation) and the risk of losing control of advanced AI systems.
  • Are Chinese companies involved? — Yes, DeepSeek and Moonshot were invited and will send representatives to speak (per Reuters).