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OpenAI is calling for the United States to lead an international effort to establish technical standards for advanced artificial intelligence, as concerns grow over increasingly capable AI systems and the prospect of recursive self-improvement.
The ChatGPT maker has argued that governments need compatible approaches for measuring advanced AI capabilities, managing risks, preserving human control and determining when development should slow or stop. OpenAI says fully autonomous recursive self-improvement — where AI independently develops increasingly capable successor systems — is not occurring today and should not be pursued unless it can be done safely.
The push comes as artificial intelligence takes a prominent place in discussions surrounding the United Nations General Assembly. OpenAI has advocated common testing standards, independent assessments, cybersecurity safeguards and clearer incident-reporting requirements for frontier AI systems. The company recently introduced its own framework for tracking and disclosing cases of model misalignment.
OpenAI argues that US leadership could help prevent a fragmented international regulatory system while strengthening cooperation with allies. It has also backed mandatory, capability-based national AI safety requirements alongside international standards.
A central issue is the pace of AI development. Rather than committing to a predetermined speed, OpenAI says development should be paced so that alignment and safety research can remain ahead of increasingly powerful capabilities. Alignment refers to efforts to ensure AI systems behave consistently with intended human objectives.
Concerns about losing human control over advanced systems have intensified. A UN scientific panel published a September 2026 brief examining risks from AI agents, misalignment and increasingly autonomous behavior, while noting that it did not estimate the probability or timing of severe loss-of-control scenarios.
The debate also has geopolitical implications as the United States and China compete for leadership in artificial intelligence. OpenAI maintains that stronger domestic standards would give Washington a foundation for shaping compatible international rules while allowing advanced AI development to continue under stronger safeguards.
