{"slug": "open-ai-exec-to-defend-against-hoax-claims-and-calls-for-national-action", "title": "Open AI exec to defend against \"hoax\" claims and calls for \"national action\"", "summary": "OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will brief the United Nations Security Council next week during the UN General Assembly, the company said Friday, in a meeting organized by France, which holds the Security Council's rotating presidency. The briefing follows UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres's Wednesday call for coordinated international action on AI risks — \"National action is essential. But global coordination is also indispensable\" — and comes as Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei urged slowing AI capability improvements and President Donald Trump dismissed AI risk warnings as a \"hoax.", "body_md": "## Open AI exec to defend against \"hoax\" claims and calls for \"national action\"\n\nWashington DC - [OpenAI](https://www.tag24.com/en/tech/artificial-intelligence) **CEO Sam Altman will brief the United Nations Security Council next week during the annual gathering of world leaders for the UN General Assembly, the company said Friday.**\n\nThe meeting is being organized by France, which currently holds the rotating presidency of the 15-member Security Council, and comes as major players in the industry have said a slowdown in AI development could be necessary due to safety concerns.\n\nUN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday called for coordinated international action to [address AI risks](https://www.tag24.com/en/news/politics/politicians/donald-trump/trump-claims-ai-doomsday-warnings-are-a-hoax-no-different-from-russia-russia-3532324) as fears rise about the dangers of the fast-evolving technology.\n\n\"National action is essential. But global coordination is also indispensable,\" Guterres told reporters.\n\n[Researchers use Claude to breach OpenAI's internal systems, exposing big vulnerability](en/tech/artificial-intelligence/researchers-use-claude-to-breach-openais-internal-systems-exposing-big-vulnerability-3533403)\n\nConcerns about AI safety have escalated in recent weeks, with workers at major AI developers resigning over concerns about the dangers posed by the technology.\n\nAnthropic chief executive Dario Amodei [published an essay](https://darioamodei.com/post/we-must-pace-the-frontier) soon after urging caution.\n\n\"We must slow the pace at which we improve the capabilities of AI models,\" he wrote.\n\nAltman and tech titan Elon Musk lent their support to the idea, as did Google DeepMind's Demis Hassabis, who himself has called for a US-led global regulatory body for the technology.\n\n**President** [Donald Trump](https://www.tag24.com/en/news/politics/politicians/donald-trump) **has dismissed warnings against AI risks as a \"hoax\" and pushed back against calls for tighter oversight.**\n\nCover photo: JIM WATSON / AFP", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/open-ai-exec-to-defend-against-hoax-claims-and-calls-for-national-action", "canonical_source": "https://www.tag24.com/en/tech/artificial-intelligence/open-ai-exec-to-defend-against-hoax-claims-and-calls-for-national-action-3533457", "published_at": "2026-09-19 01:11:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-19 01:25:15.754935+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy", "ai-safety", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["OpenAI", "Sam Altman", "United Nations Security Council", "United Nations General Assembly", "France", "Antonio Guterres", "Anthropic", "Dario Amodei"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/open-ai-exec-to-defend-against-hoax-claims-and-calls-for-national-action", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/open-ai-exec-to-defend-against-hoax-claims-and-calls-for-national-action.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/open-ai-exec-to-defend-against-hoax-claims-and-calls-for-national-action.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/open-ai-exec-to-defend-against-hoax-claims-and-calls-for-national-action.jsonld"}}