From the UN to Your Desk: A 3-Step AI Safety Audit

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is briefing the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday about AI and international security. While world leaders focus on preventing technology from slipping beyond human control, you can secure your company right now. The briefing emphasizes shared safety standards, which you can adopt by auditing how you handle business data.

The UN meeting, chaired by French Minister Jean-Noël Barrot, addresses the risk of AI misuse. For a business owner, this risk is concrete: your customer lists or financial records could end up in a public training model if your settings are wrong. You don't need a global treaty to protect your desk, but you should apply the same rigor discussed in New York.

Conduct a 3-Step Internal Safety Audit

You can wire up a basic safety framework today. First, check your data silo settings. If you use a free plan, assume everything you type is public information. Treat every prompt like a postcard: if you wouldn't want a stranger reading it, don't send it to an unconfigured AI.

Second, audit your third-party connections. Many owners use simple apps built on top of OpenAI or Anthropic. Check the privacy policy of every tool you've connected to your email or CRM (customer relationship management system). If they don't explicitly state they don't store your data, strip back their access immediately.

Third, verify every output. The UN is concerned about AI being used to spread misinformation. In your office, the risk is a hallucination (when the AI makes up a fact). Never let an AI-generated email or report go out without a human checking the digits and dates. It's a simple way to keep a human in the loop.

International coordination is coming, but you can secure your workflow today. To see exactly how to lock down these settings, join our next free 3-day training where we walk through these configurations live.