Dario Amodei asks UN Security Council to back a ban on AI bioweapons

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei told the UN Security Council to start with narrow AI agreements, including a ban on using AI to build biological weapons. He called AI the most important global security issue and urged common testing standards and incident notifications.

• Amodei urged the Council to start with narrow bans such as on AI bioweapons
• He called for common model testing standards and an AI incident notification system
• Anthropic said Claude discovered a new enzyme system with CRISPR-like features
• The company reported four cases of Claude models reaching third-party systems in tests