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Is It ‘Killer Robots’ or ‘Super Intelligence’? At the UN, Leaders See Both – WTOP News
Guterres warned that AI could cause catastrophic harm, while Trump rejected any global scheme to control the technology.
- Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged AI oversight at the United Nations General Assembly, while Trump rejected global controls, calling for "super intelligence" instead of artificial intelligence.
- Warning against "killer robots" and life-and-death machine decisions, Guterres sought safeguards, whereas British Prime Minister Andy Burnham advocated for "a single set of global principles and standards" to manage AI risks.
- Rejecting any "globalist scheme" to regulate AI, Trump claimed the United States is winning the race against China and dismissed concerns by reframing the technology as "super intelligence."
- The Security Council will address AI controls on Wednesday, featuring industry leaders including Sam Altman of OpenAI, Dario Amodei of Anthropic, and Delangue of Hugging Face, who have recently sounded the alarm.
- University of Chicago computer science department chairman Henry Hoffmann argued both Guterres and Trump reduce the issue to non-useful narratives, urging leaders to focus on real risks and possible mitigations instead.
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Is it ‘killer robots’ or ‘super intelligence’? At the UN, leaders see both – WTOP News
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — It’s killer robots versus super intelligence. Visions of the future straight out of comic books are playing out at the United Nations as world leaders talk about the threat — or promise — of artificial intelligence. Once again it was Donald Trump against the U.N, chief and other leaders on a...
·Chevy Chase, United States
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President Donald Trump points toward United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, after speaking to the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026, at the UN headquarters. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
·Baltimore, United States
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Leaning Left6Leaning Right1Center6Last UpdatedBias Distribution46% Left, 46% Center
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