Live: UN Security Council hears AI lab chiefs on loss-of-control risk
THE SO WHAT
Loss-of-control scenarios for AI are now being debated at the UN Security Council with lab leaders describing real instruction-violating behavior. Boards and risk teams can no longer treat advanced agents as just another IT tool — they belong in enterprise risk registers alongside other systemic technologies.
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