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Trump Rejects UN AI Oversight, Dismisses Multilateral Framework

By Drooid · Sep 23, 2026, 10:39 PM UTC · How we work

Summary

Story summary

U.S. President Donald Trump told the UN General Assembly he rejects international oversight of artificial intelligence on Tuesday.
Trump ordered all U.S. government documents to replace “artificial intelligence” with “super intelligence.”
He dismissed a multilateral AI-governance framework signed by 22 leaders, calling it a “globalist scheme.”
Chinese firms DeepSeek and Moonshot were invited to brief the UN Security Council on AI risks with OpenAI and Anthropic.

History

Historical Context

In 2017, the Future of Life Institute convened the Asilomar AI Principles conference, producing 23 guidelines for safe artificial intelligence development. The initiative, backed by AI pioneers including Elon Musk, Demis Hassabis of DeepMind, and OpenAI, secured commitments from 30 leading research labs. Today, President Donald Trump’s refusal at the UN General Assembly to endorse an AI-governance pact mirrors the clash between national sovereignty and the Asilomar consensus. If the U.S. continues rejecting global AI oversight, the fragmented approach could stall international standards, limiting cooperation among DeepSeek, Moonshot, OpenAI, and Anthropic.

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Story summary

U.S. President Donald Trump told the UN General Assembly he rejects international oversight of artificial intelligence on Tuesday.
Trump ordered all U.S. government documents to replace “artificial intelligence” with “super intelligence.”
He dismissed a multilateral AI-governance framework signed by 22 leaders, calling it a “globalist scheme.”
Chinese firms DeepSeek and Moonshot were invited to brief the UN Security Council on AI risks with OpenAI and Anthropic.

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