US Rejects Global AI Governance at UN Security Council
The United States is rejecting any global governance of advanced AI, stating that each country should regulate the technology itself. This was communicated by Michael Kratsios, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, during a meeting at the United Nations Security Council in New York.
“The frontier of intelligence is advancing rapidly. That is not a reason to pause its further development or to constrain it with new global governance structures,” Kratsios stated.
Throughout his speech, he referred to advanced AI as superintelligence. The US, positioned as the leader in this field, has been collaborating with frontier labs to test new models and established cybersecurity clearinghouses for vulnerability coordination. Washington is dedicated to dialogue on emerging technologies, but Kratsios emphasized that discussions at the UN and elsewhere should not veer towards global governance.
"As President Trump said before the General Assembly yesterday, the United States totally rejects any attempt to construct a global scheme of control of superintelligence," he added.
Instead, he promoted the Carolina Principles, agreed upon by G20 innovation ministers in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, this month. Kratsios urged other countries to maintain national control over governing emerging technologies, saying:
"The American people’s representatives will legislate and regulate on the American people’s behalf. You should do the same for your people."
The US offered its technology as a solution, promising to assist partners in building secure infrastructure and their own AI capabilities through export programs.
"If you take the risks and benefits of superintelligence seriously, the most important thing you can do is to develop your country’s ability to understand and use it," Kratsios concluded.
His stance sets Washington apart from figures like Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, and Clément Delangue—heads of OpenAI, Anthropic, and Hugging Face respectively—who had earlier advocated for international standards or disclosure rules during the meeting. Yoshua Bengio even suggested licensing frontier AI.