UN Panel Urges Immediate AI Safeguards Amid Rising Capabilities

A United Nations scientific panel released its first major assessment of OpenAI’s recent hack of Hugging Face, warning that governments must curb increasingly capable AI agents before their risks are fully understood. The brief, issued just as world leaders convene for the UN General Assembly and as the United States and China negotiate on AI, underscores the technology’s growing diplomatic weight. Secretary‑General António Guterres, in a separate address last week, called for global cooperation to address AI threats and cautioned that the world cannot afford a “race to the bottom” on safety. By framing AI as a priority on the UN agenda, the panel’s findings could drive the drafting of new international guidelines and influence the next round of policy talks between major powers.