Sep 23, 2026, 9:27 PMArtificial Intelligence Regulation
OpenAI, Anthropic CEOs Urge U.N. to Set Global AI Standards
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei urged U.N. members on Sept. 23, 2026, to cooperate on global standards for artificial intelligence.
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Summary
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026, asked United Nations members to cooperate on global artificial intelligence standards.
The joint appeal puts coordinated international oversight on the U.N. agenda as concerns about AI intensify. The available feed summary provided limited detail, disclosing no proposed rules, timetable, enforcement mechanism, member-state commitments or U.N. response.
Positives
- OpenAI and Anthropic’s CEOs jointly supported international cooperation on AI standards.
- United Nations members received the appeal, giving the standards request a global governmental audience.
- Global standards could provide a common framework across U.N. member states, although no framework details were disclosed.
Risks & concerns
- The feed summary disclosed no specific standards proposed by Sam Altman or Dario Amodei.
- No timetable, enforcement mechanism or commitments from U.N. members were reported.
- The source reported only a request for cooperation, with no U.N. response or agreement disclosed.
Primary sourceMarketWatch.com - Top Storieshttps://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-openai-and-anthropic-ceos-just-delivered-this-message-to-the-u-n-as-ai-fears-swirl-47b0e97b?mod=mw_rss_topstories
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