OpenAI's Sam Altman and Anthropic's Dario Amodei spoke to the United Nations Security Council, calling for international cooperation to manage risks from artificial intelligence. Altman argued that nations with competing interests have historically united over powerful new technologies and said this should be one of those moments. The appearance came a day after President Trump told the UN General Assembly he would not "stifle growth" of AI, dismissing global control efforts as a "globalist scheme."
cnbc.com
· 2026-09-23
In his UN General Assembly address, President Trump defended his approach to Iran, saying he must decide between reaching a deal with Tehran or moving to eliminate the Islamic Republic's government. He also highlighted a newly signed agreement with Denmark and Greenland's leaders expanding US military access to the island, and reiterated he would not restrict AI development, which he called 'super intelligence.' Iran's military called Trump's remarks a sign of 'strategic desperation.'
cnbc.com
· 2026-09-23
In a UN address, President Trump said the US rejects global efforts to regulate AI and announced he wants federal documents to replace 'artificial intelligence' with 'super intelligence,' arguing the word 'artificial' makes it sound fake. He also dismissed warnings about AI risks, comparing them to past claims about climate change, and said the US is leading China in the technology race.
politics.slashdot.org
· 2026-09-23
US officials have publicly objected to Australia's proposed legislation that would let users opt out of algorithm-driven content recommendations, characterising the move as censorship. Separately, at the UN, President Trump downplayed calls for AI regulation, suggesting the technology be renamed "super intelligence" rather than artificial intelligence.
bbc.com
· 2026-09-23
At the UN General Assembly, President Trump said he wants future US government documents to refer to artificial intelligence as 'super intelligence' or 'SI,' arguing the word 'artificial' makes the technology sound fake. He had previously run informal social media polls asking followers to choose between terms like 'superior intelligence' and 'super intelligence,' with 'super' narrowly winning. No formal executive order enacting the change has been issued.
cnet.com
· 2026-09-22
In a speech to the UN General Assembly, President Trump rejected any global effort to regulate artificial intelligence, arguing that the lack of strict climate regulation has worked out fine and using that as reasoning against AI oversight. He also said he wants to rename artificial intelligence as 'super intelligence,' claiming the word 'artificial' makes it sound 'fake.'
futurism.com
· 2026-09-22
At its Goalkeepers event in New York, the Gates Foundation announced a coalition of about 60 organizations—including Anthropic, Google and the OpenAI Foundation—aimed at making AI tools available in more underrepresented languages, targeting over 3 billion people over five years. Bill Gates called for wealthier nations to boost foreign aid and pair it with AI-driven innovation, while the event highlighted the U.N.'s warning that progress on sustainable development goals remains slow.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-09-22
President Trump used a UN address to declare that the US government will replace the term "artificial intelligence" with "super intelligence" across official documents. He had previewed the change days earlier on Truth Social, arguing the existing term was inaccurate and inelegant, and floated alternatives like "Superior Intelligence" and "Extreme Intelligence" before settling on "super."
futurism.com
· 2026-09-22
A UN scientific panel has released its first major assessment on advanced AI risks, arguing that governments must act to control increasingly capable AI agents before all the risks are fully understood. The report, from the newly formed Independent International Scientific Panel on AI, calls for greater international coordination, resources, and accountability measures even as countries pursue different legal approaches to regulation.
theverge.com
· 2026-09-21
The UN General Assembly passed a non-binding resolution with 164 votes in favor, urging governments, schools and tech firms to adopt the Equal Earth projection or other equal-area maps when accurate size comparisons matter. The US was the sole country to vote against it, calling the measure a 'radical ideological project.' Despite the vote, major navigation apps like Google Maps and Apple Maps are expected to keep using Mercator-based projections, which remain practical for plotting travel routes.
arstechnica.com
· 2026-09-09
The United Nations passed a resolution, backed by the African Union, urging adoption of map projections that preserve the true relative size of continents instead of the 500-year-old Mercator projection. The vote passed 164 to 1, with the United States the lone dissenting country. Togo's foreign minister argued that maps shape how people understand the world's balance of power.
not-ship.com
· 2026-09-09
On September 4, the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution to phase out the 16th-century Mercator map projection in favor of the Equal Earth projection, which more accurately represents the relative sizes of continents and countries. The Mercator map, created by Gerardus Mercator in 1569, has long been criticized for exaggerating the size of Northern Hemisphere landmasses like Canada and Russia while shrinking equatorial regions such as Africa.
nature.com
· 2026-09-09
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