Moonshot, DeepSeek to Join OpenAI, Anthropic at U.N. Talks
Chinese AI firms DeepSeek and Moonshot AI will join OpenAI and Anthropic at a U.N. Security Council session on AI and international security. The session takes place in New York on September 23. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei will attend. DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng is unlikely to appear in person due to his reclusive style. Chinese AI companies will not attend a separate U.S.-China summit on September 24.
The U.N. Security Council meeting on AI includes DeepSeek and Moonshot AI. This is a significant diplomatic win for Beijing. It positions China's leading AI developers on par with OpenAI and Anthropic on the global stage. This forum is about international security, not commercial competition. China wants to shape global AI governance norms.
The absence of DeepSeek and Moonshot AI from the U.S.-China summit is a deliberate choice. Beijing aims to shield its advanced AI firms. It also keeps AI off the negotiating table with Washington. This strategy protects intellectual property and avoids direct U.S. pressure on AI development. For Asia, this reinforces China's independent path in AI. It shows a clear intent to control its own AI narrative and development without U.S. influence.
The key thing to watch is the level of engagement from DeepSeek and Moonshot AI at the U.N. session. If their founders or senior technical leaders participate actively, it points to China's readiness to engage on AI governance. If they send lower-level representatives, it suggests a more cautious approach. This would limit substantive commitments on international AI security.
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