The U.S. Mission to the United Nations' intervention at a UN Security Council meeting on artificial intelligence and international security, setting out the U.S. position on how AI should be governed in the security sphere. Note: the mission site blocks automated checks, so this description is based on the page title and context rather than a fresh read.
Why I recommend it: Governments are writing the rules for AI in real time. Reading one primary statement like this beats ten opinion pieces about what governments might do.
Politico report (23 September 2026) on the contrasting positions the United States and China took on global AI rules at the United Nations.
Why I recommend it: News reporting on diplomatic positions; I couldn't open the page directly, so this description comes from its headline and search results.
Gary Marcus's free newsletter post on the September 23, 2026 UN Security Council briefing where Yoshua Bengio, Sam Altman, Dario Amodei and Hugging Face's Clement Delangue spoke. He reprints Bengio's remarks in full (with permission) and argues the speakers agreed on pre-release safety testing, transparency audits, liability, international cooperation and immediate action.
Why I recommend it: An opinion newsletter written the same day, not a full transcript. Marcus is a long-time critic of AI companies and says the speakers agreed with points he has pushed for years, so read it as his take. Only Bengio's speech is reprinted in full.
A short joint statement issued in September 2026 by heads of state and government — launched by President Alexander Stubb of Finland and Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre of Norway, with 22 leaders from 20 countries signed on at launch. It asks for three things: mandatory pre-deployment testing and independent evaluation by qualified evaluators with real access; coordinated common standards and shared reporting of serious safety incidents, with scientific capacity available to countries in every region; and for UN member states to explore an international institution that could set standards, verify compliance and convene states when capability thresholds are crossed.
Why I recommend it: Read this as the primary source rather than someone's summary of it — it is one page, in plain language, and you can read the whole thing in three minutes. Two things worth noticing: it is a political appeal, not a law or a treaty, so nothing in it binds any company today; and the United States and China are not among the signatories, which matters given where the frontier labs are. Useful if you are writing or interviewing about AI policy and want to quote what governments actually asked for, dated September 2026.
The UN ITU's AI for Good programme runs regional youth networks that connect students and early-career people building AI projects for social impact, with local chapters and events.
From the site: Discover our regional youth network connecting young leaders and innovators driving positive impact through AI and technology.
Why I recommend it: Free to join through the UN agency itself. A practical way to meet peers in your region rather than only reading about AI.
