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What changedYoshua Bengio told the United Nations Security Council that increasingly autonomous AI systems could move beyond effective human control, warning that the danger crosses borders and cannot be contained by one country. His intervention added an independent scientific voice to warnings already made by leading AI executives.
The meeting also exposed a clear policy divide. The United States rejected calls for new international controls that could constrain AI development, with White House science adviser Michael Kratsios arguing that concerns about human control were not a reason to pause progress or impose a new global governance structure.
The practical consequence is that the international argument is no longer simply about whether AI is risky.
Sources and evidence- Tech leaders warn UN Security Council about risks posed by AI – Minute Mirror: The UN Security Council hearing added Yoshua Bengio’s warning about loss of human control and revealed opposing US and Chinese positions on international AI governance and technological dependence.
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