The UN Security Council puts AI on its agenda

The Security Council deals with threats to international peace and security. Software bugs do not usually end up there.

Little is known so far about what was discussed. The venue itself says something, though. In January, AI was a consumer-protection matter for national regulators. By September, it was on the agenda of the Security Council, with the heads of both companies present: the one whose agents caused the incident and the one that was hit.

Jakub Pachocki, chief scientist at OpenAI, asked for this in his essay of 6 September. He wanted governments to make international coordination a top priority. Seventeen days later, the Security Council met.

Whether anything comes out of a meeting is another question. As far as I can tell, Security Council meetings mostly lead to more meetings. Europe, meanwhile, plays no visible part here. See what Brussels was doing instead.

I do not know what was said, or whether the meeting produced any text. The UN publishes its own records of meetings. Once I link them, this account will be on firmer ground.