U.S. officials rejected a push to establish a global AI governance framework at this week’s United Nations General Assembly, despite the plan enjoying broad support from many world nations, including China.

At a Security Council debate on Wednesday, Michael Kratsios, the director of the U.S. Office of Science and Technology Policy, said that Washington “totally” rejected all efforts by international organizations to “assert centralized control and global governance of AI.”

The meeting marked the first time that all 193 UN member states have been able to weigh in on AI governance. It comes after an Aug. 2025 UN resolution—which members unanimously endorsed—urging the UN to lay the groundwork for global AI governance and calling on governments to work together to protect human rights in th

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