Who should set the rules for artificial intelligence? Associated Press reporters Seth Borenstein and Jennifer Peltz examine that question in their coverage of a September 23 meeting of the United Nations Security Council.

OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Anthropic’s Dario Amodei called for international safeguards while describing both AI’s potential benefits and the risks of losing control of increasingly powerful systems. They also warned against concentrating AI’s power in a single company or country. The discussion exposed disagreement about how international oversight should work.

A Media Literacy Lens

When technology leaders shape the conversation about their own products, critical questions matter: What evidence supports their claims? Which interests do they represent? Whose perspectives are missing?

Those questions apply to promises of transformation and predictions of catastrophe alike. Students need opportunities to examine how headlines, sources, and institutional interests shape what the public understands about AI.

Pedagogy over panic starts with informed inquiry. Understanding technology includes understanding the people and institutions making decisions about its future.

Read the Associated Press reporting · Seth Borenstein and Jennifer Peltz · September 23, 2026.