UN Calls for Urgent Action to Rein in AI Risks
Volker Türk warns a few AI firms control development and says frontier models pose unprecedented risks to humanity.
- On Monday, The United Nations rights chief Volker Turk called for urgent multilateral action to regulate "frontier" artificial intelligence, warning the technology poses "unprecedented risks" to humanity.
- In a letter sent to countries and AI developers, Turk cautioned the world is "on the cusp of irreversible change, affecting not just us but generations of humanity to come."
- An Anthropic employee stated publicly that "we really do earnestly believe AI could kill all humans," estimating the chances at "10% within the next decade."
- Amid the outcry, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called Saturday for AI companies to "pace the frontier," with competitors Elon Musk and OpenAI's Sam Altman publicly supporting a development slowdown.
- Turk called on States and companies to "mobilise urgently through multilateral fora" to chart a path grounded in "international human rights law.
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RTL InfoThe United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights called for "emergency action" to frame AI in the face of "unprecedented risks".
Today, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, renewed his call for "emergency action" to curb highly sophisticated artificial intelligence techniques, warning that this technology carries "unprecedented risks."
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights called on "States and businesses to mobilize urgently in multilateral forums to define a course of action to guide state-of-the-art AI models".
14 September 2026 - 15:57 READING: 3 minutes Artificial intelligence could pose a risk to humanity. To raise the alarm is the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, in a letter sent to the world's leading states and companies in the field of artificial intelligence. "We are on the eve of an irreversible change, which will not only concern us but also the future generations of humanity," he warns. "The current race toward…
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