In September 2026, French President Emmanuel Macron told the 81st UN General Assembly that countries seeking independent AI development should build their own infrastructure and develop open-source models, opposing rule-setting by a few major powers such as China and the US, and supporting G20-framed AI cooperation to protect national security vulnerabilities.
In his final address to the UN General Assembly on September 22, 2026, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned of artificial intelligence risks and called for an international consensus and a new AI safety mechanism to prevent corporate power abuse and killer robots, while also noting that AI could be used for cyberattacks and biological weapons development.
In his UN address, Burnham said Britain can play a key role in tackling major global challenges, from the Middle East conflict to the rapid evolution of artificial intelligence, and sought to move past Brexit divisions. He was also set to meet Trump, urge more US support for Ukraine, and announced limited UK military support for Saudi Arabia against Houthi attacks.
Experts from the UN International Scientific Panel on AI rejected doomsday narratives about artificial intelligence at a forum held alongside the UN General Assembly in New York, calling for rational discussion. Joelle Barral, Yoshua Bengio and Maria Ressa urged distinguishing established facts from reasonable extrapolation and avoiding ideological polarization.