World's top artificial intelligence firms warn UN Security Council of AI's 'risks to humanity'

Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei: 'For all the differences of the people in this room, we must put aside those differences in order to confront this global ​opportunity and global threat that is being presented to us at the same time. No leader, no company and no nation can manage this alone.' Picture: Jason Henry/Bloomberg

The world's leading artificial intelligence companies have warned the United Nations Security Council of the risks ​posed by AI to humanity, appealing for Governments to work together to manage the increasingly powerful technology.

Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei told the 15-member council, which ‌is charged with maintaining international peace and security, that if managed poorly, he believed "AI could be a risk to humanity as a whole".