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Minds, Bodies, and Terawatts

Minds, Bodies, and Terawatts

The Day After They Cut the Price of Their AI in Half, Altman and Amodei Told the UN Security Council It Could Be a Risk to All Humanity

Minds, Bodies, and Terawatts · Sep 24, 2026 · 4:59

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On Wednesday, September 23, Sam Altman and Dario Amodei told the UN Security Council that AI could be a risk to humanity as a whole and asked governments for controls; Amodei pledged to slow down 'as much as necessary.' The day before, Anthropic shipped Claude Opus 5.5, its first model since calling for the industry to pace the frontier, about 40% cheaper to run, and OpenAI answered within hours with GPT-6 Sol and Luna at half price. Fortune called it an all-out price war; Trump told the General Assembly he will encourage AI, not rein it in.

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