G7 Summit Exposes Rift Over AI Governance as World Leaders Challenge US Control After Anthropic Ban

World leaders want American AI. They just don't want America to be able to turn it off.

At the G7 Summit on Wednesday, World leaders like French President Emmanuel Macron and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi voiced concerns that the U.S. could cut off their countries' access to top American AI models at any time. Macron warned G7 leaders and top AI executives -- including Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, and President Donald Trump -- over lunch that if the U.S. "from one day to the next can turn off the switch," it could not only harm the economies of European customers but also damage the AI firms themselves. The comments come a few days after the Trump administration blocked Anthropic from exporting its newest Mythos 5 and Fable 5 models on national security grounds. The order came after Amazon flagged to the White House that certain safety guardrails could be bypassed. Even though cybersecurity experts have argued that the capabilities cited by the government are also present in models that remain freely available, including from OpenAI, Anthropic's models are still on ice. The episode has exposed a risk that many international companies have been grappling with: any company or government that builds on U.S. AI infrastructure now has to reckon with the possibility that access can be revoked overnight, for reasons they may never be told. Prime Minister Modi also said he was concerned about Trump's move to block Anthropic's model, according to reporting from Financial Times, adding that democratic nations must have unfettered access to top AI models to protect critical infrastructure. "The recent restriction on access to Anthropic's models confirms what we at Cohere have known all along: that companies and democratic nations remaining dependent on a small handful of big tech companies is dangerous to resilience," Aidan Gomez, co-founder and CEO of Canadian enterprise AI firm Cohere, said in a statement shared with TechCrunch. "Digital sovereignty is not just about market competition or any one company or nation. It's about who controls the foundational technology that will shape our economic security and national sovereignty for decades to come." During the meeting, G7 leaders also discussed the creation of a "trusted partners" scheme that would grant access for non-U.S. nations to advanced AI models from firms like Anthropic and OpenAI. The goal is to maintain a sort of open trade network that bypasses U.S. restrictions. Both countries and companies could be trusted partners, as long as they used the models to develop stronger defenses against rivals like China. But it's not clear how far that trusted partner scheme would extend, or whether it's an answer for a startup in Paris or Bangalore that just had its product break without warning. Regardless, Macron noted that it would make sense for Washington to back such a scheme and to ensure Mythos access was granted more broadly. Nobody would want to buy U.S. AI access if it could disappear overnight. The comments were made even as Europe and other non-U.S. countries attempt to push for AI sovereignty -- an increasingly difficult case to make when American models keep pulling ahead and nobody wants to be left out.

CEOs of Anthropic and Google DeepMind call for U.S.-led AI coalition in meeting at G7

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and Google DeepMind's Demis Hassabis called for a U.S.-led coalition to shape rules and standards around artificial intelligence at a meeting with tech leaders and heads of state, including President Donald Trump, CNBC has learned. The closed-door lunch meeting took place on Wednesday at the G7 summit in Évian-les-Bains, France. Amodei and Hassabis both proposed international cooperation on AI, with the U.S. taking the lead, to protect against risks associated with the emerging technology, according to two people with knowledge of the matter who asked not to be named because they weren't authorized to discuss the meeting. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney agreed that the U.S. could lead an AI coalition, according to one of the people and another person familiar with the discussions. Anthropic declined to comment on the G7 meeting. Google DeepMind and the Office of the Prime Minister of Canada didn't immediately respond to requests for comment. The gathering follows the release of increasingly powerful AI models with cyber capabilities so advanced that some industry experts have raised concerns that they can cause major disasters if left in the wrong hands. Most recently, Anthropic disabled access to its newest models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, on Friday after the U.S. government imposed export controls on the models, citing national security concerns. In addition to Amodei and Hassabis, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman attended Wednesday's meeting, which included about a dozen tech executives. Leaders of G7 countries were also involved. Alongside President Trump, Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent, Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnik and Secretary of State Marco Rubio represented the U.S. Amodei said in his address to the group that areas of international cooperation should include structured access to frontier models, and trade of chips and critical components that excludes China, one source said. Amodei also said that countries should cooperate to address the risk of AI in cyber, bioterrorism and areas of intelligence, the source added. Anthropic remains locked in negotiations with the Trump administration after the export controls on its latest models went into effect late Friday. Altman, in his comments, called for "an international forum for discussion that establishes globally accepted standards for testing, provides expert and impartial analysis of capabilities and risks, and serves as a venue for cooperation among nations," according to a briefing from OpenAI. Last month, OpenAI announced that GPT-5.5 Cyber, a variation of its latest model, was rolling out in a limited preview capacity to vetted cybersecurity teams. OpenA's global affairs chief Chris Lehane, who attended Wednesday's meeting, said non-U.S. leaders in the room acknowledged that the U.S. "certainly could play the lead role in working to establish" standards around AI.

Anthropic and Google DeepMind called for a US-led AI coalition at the G7, and Canada said yes

Amodei and Hassabis proposed a US-led AI coalition at the G7. Altman called for an international testing forum. No binding commitments emerged. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and Google DeepMind's Demis Hassabis used a closed-door lunch at the G7 summit on Wednesday to call for a US-led coalition that would shape international rules and standards for artificial intelligence, according to two people with knowledge of the discussions who spoke to CNBC on condition of anonymity. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney agreed that the US could lead such a coalition, according to one of those people and a third person familiar with the talks. The meeting took place in Évian-les-Bains, France, on the final day of the three-day summit. About a dozen tech executives attended the lunch alongside G7 heads of state, including President Donald Trump, who was joined by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Amodei told the group that areas of international cooperation should include structured access to frontier AI models and trade in chips and critical components that excludes China, according to one of the sources. He also said countries should cooperate to address the risk of AI in cyber operations, bioterrorism, and intelligence, the source added. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, who also attended, called for "an international forum for discussion that establishes globally accepted standards for testing, provides expert and impartial analysis of capabilities and risks, and serves as a venue for cooperation among nations," according to an OpenAI briefing. Chris Lehane, OpenAI's global affairs chief, said non-US leaders in the room acknowledged that the US "certainly could play the lead role in working to establish" AI standards. Anthropic declined to comment on the meeting. Google DeepMind and the Office of the Canadian Prime Minister did not immediately respond to requests for comment, according to CNBC. The gathering produced no binding commitments or regulatory announcements. Multiple accounts described it as a conversation rather than a negotiation, and the G7's track record on AI governance, from the Hiroshima AI Process in 2023 to Canada's 2025 presidency pledges, has so far yielded principles and codes of conduct but no enforceable regulation. The coalition pitch is notable given the backdrop. Anthropic is locked in negotiations with the Trump administration after the US government imposed export controls on its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models on 12 June, citing national security concerns over a reported jailbreak. The company disabled both models worldwide to comply, and talks with Commerce Department officials were still underway as of Monday. Amodei's call for the US to lead international AI governance came just five days after that same government forced his company's flagship products offline. The tension underscores how AI labs are simultaneously positioning themselves as indispensable partners to Washington on global technology competition while pushing back against the controls Washington imposes on their own products. The full list of tech attendees extended well beyond the three major US labs. Mistral's Arthur Mensch, Cohere's Aidan Gomez, Black Forest Labs' Robin Rombach, Synthesia's Victor Riparbelli, Salesforce's Marc Benioff, and Meta's Alex Wang all attended, along with executives from Italy's Domyn, India's Sarvam AI, and Japan's Sakana AI, according to CNBC. The geographic spread reflected France's effort, as holder of the rotating G7 presidency, to cast the AI discussion as a global rather than purely American conversation. The cyber dimension loomed large over the proceedings. OpenAI rolled out GPT-5.5 Cyber last month in a limited preview to vetted cybersecurity teams, and Anthropic's own Mythos model had been restricted to cybersecurity defenders before the export controls pulled it entirely. Both companies have argued that frontier AI models are more useful in the hands of defenders than attackers, a position that the US government's actions have complicated. Whether a US-led coalition materialises depends on factors well beyond what happened at a single lunch. The Trump administration has shown it is willing to act unilaterally against AI companies it considers a security risk, which could undermine the collaborative framework Amodei and Hassabis described. Several G7 members, including France and the EU more broadly, have pursued their own AI regulatory paths that do not presuppose American leadership. What the meeting made clear is that the CEOs of the world's most powerful AI companies now see international governance as something they need to shape rather than resist. The question is whether the governments sitting across the table, several of which have already imposed their own controls, will let them.

Trump's Anthropic restrictions rattle U.S. allies as AI leaders gather at G-7

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei during a working lunch Wednesday with Group of Seven leaders during the G-7 summit in Evian-les-Bains, France. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) Just days after the U.S. government banned foreign nationals from using Anthropic's most powerful artificial intelligence models, executives from the top labs urged the leaders of Western democracies to work together to reap the benefits of the AI revolution. At a working lunch Wednesday during the Group of Seven summit, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called on world leaders to share the benefits of AI among democratic nations and suggested it would be possible to coordinate the trade of powerful AI technologies among them, while excluding China, according to a person familiar with the discussion who spoke on the condition of anonymity to share privileged information. The summit marked the first face-to-face meeting between Amodei and Trump since the administration took the extraordinary step Friday of restricting Anthropic's latest and most powerful AI models, Fable and Mythos. The models have shown to be effective at uncovering bugs in software, creating global alarm that hackers might abuse it. The move, which uses export controls to block all non-U.S. citizens, including Anthropic employees, from using the tech, forced the company to take down access to the models for all users. The U.S. government's decision to effectively shut down a company's product with little public explanation alarmed global leaders, who fear their economies could become dependent on a technology that could be withdrawn without warning by Trump administration. The White House's sudden use of export controls have created new urgency for other nations to accelerate development of their own AI systems, as U.S. labs consistently outperform those in Europe and other democracies. French President Emmanuel Macron said after the lunch that it is "a good thing" that U.S. officials recognize that cutting-edge AI models could be dangerous. But the "very strong decision" from the Trump administration is also "a bad thing," he said, according to the Associated Press. "The reaction is in some regards strictly nationalist." Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said earlier this week that the sanctions underscored the risks of "overreliance on certain models." "Nobody has done anything wrong in the situation. But we will have done something wrong if we just accept this, don't take the lesson, don't build out and diversify," he said. Though the export controls were not specifically mentioned at the working lunch, questions over who should decide who gets access to the most powerful AI technology hung over the meeting of world leaders in Evian-les-Bains, France. Trump told reporters after the lunch that negotiations with Anthropic over the future of Fable and Mythos were "going fine." "We had all the top people here and it was a great meeting," Trump said. "And, as you know, we're building tremendous numbers of plants, but AI, we're building the biggest, the biggest in the world." Seated next to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman during the lunch, Trump didn't address Anthropic or the controversial export ban, the person familiar with the meeting said. The president focused his remarks on underlining that the U.S. AI industry was far ahead of China's and that his government was making it easier for new electricity generation plants to come online and help power the AI boom. The White House and Anthropic did not immediately respond to requests for comment. In front of world leaders and executives from each of the G-7 member nations, Amodei said the breakthroughs in AI, though led by U.S. companies, were made through the efforts of researchers from each of the countries represented at the summit and that the benefits of AI should be shared among democratic countries, according to the person. Amodei said the pace of AI advancement will continue, and the technology could soon be the main source of political and economic power. Google's head of AI, Demis Hassabis, called for an international standard-setting body that could enact rules on AI development to ensure that it was done safely while still encouraging innovation, according to the person familiar with the discussions. The challenges presented by AI are economic, philosophical and technical, and shouldn't be left to AI companies to solve on their own, Hassabis said. Altman called for the establishment of an international forum for managing the safety of artificial intelligence. "The question before us now, and particularly before all of you, is how we can usher this technology into the world in a way that benefits everyone: how we can balance the very real need for safety with the desire of the world to use and benefit from this technology in a democratic and open way," Altman said, according to excerpts from his speech shared by OpenAI. Altman said that his company was already working with the majority of the countries represented at the meeting to provide AI tools to defend computer networks from hackers. Chris Lehane, OpenAI's head of global affairs, said there was a recognition among the leaders gathered in France that they really have only two choices for gaining access to cutting-edge technology: China or the U.S. Because of that, Lehane said, discussions of a safety club for democratic nations were based on a recognition among many foreign leaders that the U.S. would probably play the lead role. OpenAI sought to assure foreign leaders that the company would be a "dependable, reliable and responsible" partner, Lehane told reporters. Altman said in his remarks that one of the greatest risks he saw in AI was that it concentrates power in the hands of a small number of people. "History is clear that this won't work," Altman said. "It is my firm belief that the spirit of pluralism and human freedom that has been the bedrock of the democratic world cannot be allowed to dim in the light of this new era of technological power."

China pushes for AI safety as G7 summit wraps up without Beijing

BEIJING -- Senior Chinese officials on Wednesday stressed Beijing's plans to share artificial intelligence globally and safely, the latest sign of how the U.S. and China are promoting different approaches to the tech. "China is accelerating the establishment of a global AI cooperation organization, and welcomes all parties to join," Wang Yi, China's top diplomat, told reporters in Mandarin Chinese, according to a CNBC translation. He emphasized the tech should serve the needs of humans. Wang was speaking at the release of China's global governance whitepaper, which criticized trade wars and emphasized support for the Global South. The category loosely refers to less developed economies, especially countries outside the U.S. and European orbits. Wang's comments came as the U.S. ramps up efforts to restrict foreign access to leading, U.S.-developed AI models. During a summit in France this week, the wealthy Group of Seven countries -- the U.S., the U.K., France, Germany, Canada, Italy and Japan -- discussed a plan to give "trusted partners" access to the U.S. AI models, Reuters reported on Tuesday, citing three diplomatic sources. CNBC was unable to independently confirm the report and has reached out to the White House for comment.

G7 leaders weigh a 'trusted partners' route to America's top AI models

Days after Washington cut foreign access to Anthropic's most advanced systems, allied representatives raised a workaround with the US commerce secretary at Evian. The conversation happened where these conversations usually happen, on the sidelines of a dinner. At the opening of the G7 summit in the French lakeside resort of Evian-les-Bains on Monday, representatives of several member countries raised with US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick the idea of a 'trusted partners' scheme that would let allied nations, or companies, reach the most advanced American AI models, according to people familiar with the discussions. The proposal is a direct reaction to a decision taken in Washington four days earlier. On 12 June, acting on a US Commerce Department directive, Anthropic blocked foreign nationals from its two most capable systems, Mythos 5 and Fable 5. Because the restriction could not be enforced selectively on a shared cloud service, the company switched the models off for everyone, worldwide. The order is believed to be the first export-control measure aimed at specific AI models rather than at the chips that run them. That novelty is precisely what unsettled the allies. Chip controls are familiar terrain; America has spent years restricting what hardware can be sold and to whom. Restricting access to the models themselves, including to nationals of close partners, is a newer and sharper instrument, and the G7 representatives spent Monday's dinner trying to find a door that had just been shut. The 'trusted partners' under discussion could be countries or individual companies, the sources said. The stated rationale is defensive in the security sense rather than the commercial one. Broader access to frontier models, the argument runs, would let G7 countries build stronger cyber-defences against rivals, China foremost among them. It is an appeal pitched in Washington's own language: give your allies the best tools, and your allies will be better at the thing you also care about. If that framing moves the administration is another matter. For Anthropic, the episode is one more turn in a fraught relationship with the US government. The company has been designated a supply-chain risk by the Pentagon, has had federal agencies ordered to stop using its technology, and has gone to court against Washington over the blacklisting, all while being told elsewhere in government that banks should use its models. The June order to switch off its top systems is the most consequential intervention yet, and the one that has now pulled the G7 into the argument. Nothing has been agreed. The discussions described were exploratory, conducted between country representatives and US officials rather than ratified by leaders, and a 'trusted partners' arrangement remains, for now, an idea floated over dinner. What it signals is clearer than what it will produce. America's closest allies have discovered that the most advanced AI they can buy is American, that access to it is now a lever in Washington's hand, and that the only available response is to ask, politely, for it back.

'Making China the elephant in the room': The G7 confronts its reliance on U.S. AI and Chinese energy supply chains, experts say | Fortune

At a French Alpine town known for its bottled water rather than high-stakes diplomacy, the leaders of the seven largest and wealthiest democracies will discuss how to solve pressing issues like Ukraine and the Middle East through Wednesday. But the Evian agenda topics also reflect two interwoven anxieties: the Group of Seven's dependence on China's supply chains and reliance on the United States' AI. The Trump administration's decision to place export controls on Anthropic's frontier models Fable 5 and Mythos 5 will be a "key topic" on the summit's AI conversation, according to Andrea Renda, research director at the Centre for European Policy Studies who focuses on AI policy. "The other six are quite annoyed and upset by the fact that the U.S. has actually tried to implement this differential treatment in terms of access to Claude Fable 5 for non-U.S. users," Renda told Fortune, saying it's "inaugurating an era" of weaponizing U.S AI against traditional allies. While OpenAI's Sam Altman, Anthropic's Dario Amodei, and Meta's Alex Wang are among the 11 AI CEOs attending the summit, it's unlikely the leaders of France, Britain, Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the European Union can actually deliver the summit's goals to align on AI because of the U.S. and China. "G7 pledges to adopt a more inclusive approach for AI, with steps towards developing economies, are unlikely to garner much (if any) interest from the U.S.," Agathe Demerais, senior policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations, told Fortune in an emailed statement. "This reflects the fact that the two leading AI powers are the U.S. and China, with not much space for other G7 economies to play a driving role here." China is not attending the G7 summit, though Bloomberg reported French president Emmanuel Macron considered inviting Xi Jinping in November, but participated in an "unprecedented" call with Macron ahead of the G7, signaling China's status in the G7 discussion, according to Alisha Chhangani, an associate director at the Atlantic Council's GeoEconomics Center. But this was also Macron's effort to leverage the U.S.-China rivalry as Europe finds itself squeezed between the threat of export controls on AI from one side and critical minerals on the other. "It's really Macron making China the elephant in the room in an effort to show the U.S. that there are other countries that they can work with," Matt Pearl, the director of the Strategic Technologies Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, told Fortune. "It's his effort to play China off of the U.S., and to make the Trump administration aware of that in order to create some leverage." The U.S. and China control 90% of global computing power and attract most AI investment, and nearly eight in 10 AI companies started last year in the G7 were based in the U.S., according to Stanford's 2026 AI Index report. But another dependency issue for the G7 is on Chinese manufacturing, which the agenda's theme of "reducing global imbalances" is actually hinting at "in a diplomatic or a nice way", according to Chhangani. "The focus of the imbalances has been the China question, the industrial overcapacity question, and trade deficits," Chhangani told Fortune. "China is the elephant in the room. The U.S. has been talking about this issue for so many years and Europe is a little bit new to it." China's control of the critical minerals that underpin green energy technologies is creating a dependence that can "fuel protectionist policies" and "heighten national security concerns" among U.S. allies, according to the memo prepared for the G7 by a group of leading economists. But the question of which of the two dependencies -- on the U.S. for the software making up AI infrastructure and on China for the physical layer underpinning AI and clean energy -- is more important to solve is a hard one to answer for Europe, Pearl said. "If they suddenly lacked critical minerals from China or suddenly had their supply chains for the environmental transition interrupted, that would be pretty catastrophic, and I think similarly on AI models," Pearl said. "I think they feel like they need to solve both of them."

'A signal of where power sits': Trump and world leaders joined by OpenAI, Anthropic, Google at G7

Chiefs of the world's leading AI companies are descending on the G7 conference in France Wednesday, in a sign of their growing geopolitical influence as artificial intelligence rises to the top of the global agenda. CEOs including OpenAI's Sam Altman, Anthropic's Dario Amodei, Google DeepMind's Demis Hassabis, alongside around a dozen other tech leaders, will take part in a lunch meeting at the summit in Evian on Wednesday. Frontier AI risks, infrastructure and sovereignty are all expected to be discussed at the conference. The protection of children online will also be a key part of the discussions, The Élysée Palace, the official residence of the president of France in Paris, said in a press briefing on Thursday. Other tech chiefs including France-based Mistral's Arthur Mensch, Canada's Cohere CEO Aidan Gomez, Italian company Domyn's Uljan Sharka, U.K. AI scaleup Synthesia's Victor Riparbelli and German-based Black Forest Labs' Robin Rombach will also be present at the lunch. Salesforce's Marc Benioff, Meta's Alex Wang, alongside the founders of Indian AI company Sarvam and Japan's Sakana are also pegged to attend. "It just shows that in order to make credible commitments on AI, heads of state now need the cooperation, if not endorsement, of a handful of private sector executives actually building the technology," Jessica Brandt, senior fellow for technology and national security at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), told CNBC. "We're seeing a shift in who gets a seat at the table and a signal of where power sits."

Western fears over Trump's AI 'kill switch' become reality at G7

Western allies arrived at the G7 AI summit unsettled after the Trump administration cut off foreign access to Anthropic's most powerful models, confirming Europe's kill-switch fears and providing yet another boost for its tech sovereignty agenda. Artificial intelligence is fast becoming a strategic asset, promising economic prosperity and military dominance to those who master it. But as G7 leaders gather in France for the third day of their summit to discuss AI, fears of a potential American "kill switch" have rarely felt more real. France placed AI at the heart of its G7 presidency from the outset, convening Western leaders, partner countries and top tech executives to discuss how to ensure "a safe, rapid and effective deployment of artificial intelligence." French President Emmanuel Macron, facing the G7 spotlight for the last time before his mandate expires next year, has staked part of his legacy on making France an AI powerhouse, positioning Paris as a research and investment hub. Yet leaders are arriving at the summit's working lunch with a bad aftertaste, following Washington's decision to cut off non-Americans from Anthropic's most powerful models, including the company's own foreign employees. Pulling the plug On Friday, Washington imposed export control measures blocking all access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 by any foreign national. Anthropic consequently had to "abruptly disable" access to both models to comply. The restrictions, and the speed with which the company applied them, confirmed one of Europe's worst-kept fears: that the Americans could shut down access to their most powerful technology at a moment's notice. Washington cited national security as its justification. Fable 5 and Mythos 5 are said to have unprecedented capabilities to identify and exploit cyber vulnerabilities, making them a formidable hacking tool. But being abruptly cut off from the world's most advanced AI models left European and other Western allies flat-footed, delivering the ultimate reality check: access to American technology in the Trump era is no longer a given. Feeling left out Brussels argues that, while measures to address the serious risks posed by increasingly powerful AI are justified, they should not discriminate against trusted partners. "We are a trusted partner. I would challenge you to find a more trusted partner than Europe," said Thomas Regnier, the European Commission's spokesperson for tech sovereignty. The mood in EU policy circles is particularly sour. The US export restrictions landed precisely as Brussels was preparing to join the Pax Silica, Washington's alliance to secure global supply chains for AI chips and critical minerals, hitting Europeans at the same time as everyone else. The move was a hard blow for advocates of close transatlantic ties, who want Western countries to present a united front against adversaries such as China. The export controls on Anthropic will inevitably shadow the G7 AI discussion. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei will attend the working lunch, giving US allies a rare chance to press their concerns directly to Trump. Tech sovereignty agenda "We need to establish American AI [...] as the gold standard for AI worldwide and ensure our allies are building on American technology," reads the AI Action Plan published by the Trump administration in July 2025. The US dominates the sector -- five American tech chief executives are attending the G7, against one per every other participating country. Yet it may ultimately be the US tech industry that pays the long-term price of the export restrictions. "Tech is more and more becoming a strategic asset. Europe must be able to act on its own terms," Regnier said, calling the episode further proof that the EU must strengthen its technological sovereignty. US President Donald Trump had already galvanised the EU's tech sovereignty agenda, persuading Europeans of the need to build domestic alternatives and reduce their strategic reliance on foreign providers, be they American or Chinese. By locking non-Americans out of its most advanced AI models, Trump may have gone a step further: proving that Washington can shut enemies and allies alike out of the technology of its choosing, overnight. When nightmares come true The episode confirmed one of Brussels' longest-running fears: that American technologies carry a "kill switch" capable of disabling critical systems at will, whether fighter jets, financial institutions or critical infrastructure. "The Anthropic kill switch shows that tech sovereignty was never abstract," MEP Brando Benifei (S&D, Italy) told Euronews. "The G7 should not lock allies into competing AI dependencies. Europe must cooperate with the US, Canada and democratic partners, but from a position of strength." Brussels has already mapped out its tech sovereignty agenda, but European capitals remain far from united on how far they are willing to go, or how much they are prepared to spend to unwind deeply entrenched dependencies. Trump may have, once again, given Europe's resolve a boost, by proving that kill switches are anything but hypothetical.

AI rivals Altman, Amodei, Hassabis head to G7 summit

The CEOs of OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind will attend France's G7 summit next week, just as two of the three race toward landmark IPOs. The chief executives of the three most powerful artificial intelligence companies on Earth are about to sit in the same room as the leaders of the world's seven largest advanced economies. OpenAI's Sam Altman, Anthropic's Dario Amodei, and Google DeepMind's Demis Hassabis are all slated to attend the G7 summit in Évian-les-Bains, France, which runs from 15 to 17 June, according to Bloomberg. Their names appeared on a guest list released by the French presidential office. All three companies confirmed attendance, though none offered specifics on what they plan to discuss. What the summit is about An OpenAI spokesperson said the company expects to discuss the opportunities and threats posed by advanced AI, but declined to go further. Anthropic and Google similarly confirmed their executives would attend without elaborating on their agendas. France, which holds the rotating G7 presidency this year, has placed AI prominently on the summit's agenda. CNBC reported that President Emmanuel Macron personally invited Altman, with OpenAI's chief global affairs officer Chris Lehane saying the CEO would be "engaging in the leaders-level conversation." The invitation builds on the G7's growing interest in AI governance. The bloc launched the Hiroshima AI Process in 2023 under Japan's presidency, producing international guiding principles and a code of conduct for organisations developing advanced AI systems. Canada's 2025 presidency deepened those commitments with pledges on AI adoption in public services and youth safety. France's presidency now inherits the mandate to push further. Rivals in the same room The gathering marks a rare moment when the leaders of fiercely competing AI labs appear side by side before world leaders. The three men normally occupy opposite corners of a market where every benchmark, every enterprise contract, and every model release is a zero-sum contest. The last time they shared a stage did not go smoothly. At India's AI Impact Summit in February, Prime Minister Narendra Modi lifted Altman's and Sundar Pichai's hands before an applauding crowd, but Altman and Amodei, standing side by side, raised their fists instead of holding hands. The moment went viral. Altman later said he was "confused" and "just wasn't sure what we were supposed to be doing," while Anthropic declined to comment. The IPO backdrop The summit arrives at a pivotal financial moment for two of the three attendees. Both Anthropic and OpenAI have confidentially filed S-1 registration statements with the SEC in recent weeks, setting up what could be two of the largest technology IPOs in history. Anthropic submitted its paperwork on 1 June, a week after closing a $65 billion funding round that reportedly valued the company at $965 billion. OpenAI followed on 8 June, with Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley as lead underwriters and a valuation that could reportedly exceed $1 trillion at listing. The timing means both companies will face G7 leaders while simultaneously courting public-market investors. Appearing at a summit focused on responsible AI governance offers obvious reputational value for two labs that have spent the past fortnight publishing safety research and warning about risks while filing to go public. Broader pressure Beyond the IPO race, all three executives are navigating public anxiety over the pace of AI development. Job displacement, autonomous weapons, and deepfakes have become mainstream policy concerns, and the G7 offers a stage to show that the industry is engaging with governments rather than outrunning them. The flags None of the three companies disclosed what their executives plan to discuss, and the summit may produce voluntary pledges rather than binding commitments. The reported valuations for Anthropic ($965 billion) and OpenAI (above $1 trillion) come from press reports, not audited filings. The G7's Hiroshima AI Process has so far produced principles and codes of conduct but no enforceable regulation. Whether Évian-les-Bains changes that will depend on what happens behind closed doors next week.

G7 Summit - the AI elephant in the room, but unless the panda's there too is there much to gained from another 'something must be done' showcase?

In the unlikely event that Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei had been in any doubt about whether he is on the Trump 2.0 naughty step, the seating plan at the G7 lunch gathering of politicians and AI leaders will have put him right. While OpenAI's Sam Altman was positioned on Donald Trump's right-hand side, within knee slapping bromance distance of the President, and DeepMind's Demis Hassbis, Amodei was banished to the other side of the dining room, but firmly in the line of fire of the Presidential glower from across the table. Among the other industry delegates attending the 'working lunch' in France were Meta's Alexandr Wang, Mistral AI's Arthur Mensch, Cohere's Aidan Gomez and Salesforce's Marc Benioff, who scored the seat next to the G7 Summit host, French President Emanuel Macron. The topic under discussion was the AI industry in general, but the elephant in the room inevitably was the decision by Anthropic to pull its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models last week following 'national security' interventions by the US Government. That sent alarm bells ringing around the rest of the world and shoved sovereign AI capabilities to the top of every non-US national agenda. While officially a closed door session, the two-hour lunch has inevitably been leaking Ike a sieve. According to reports, OpenAI's Altman took the high ground and wanted that AI's future must not be left to the likes of him - or rather, it mustn't be shaped "just by the companies building the most capable systems". That was a rallying cry to the politicians present, which included the UK's Keir Starmer, India's Narendra Modi and Canada's Mark Carney. Altman told them: There is a threat more insidious than the technical risks of this technology," he added. "It is the threat that the very real risks that AI poses become the justification for concentrating power in the hands of the few. He added: We need an international forum for discussion that establishes globally accepted standards for testing, provides expert and impartial analysis of capabilities and risks, and serves as a venue for cooperation among nations," he said. democratic countries should work together on AI, including efforts to prevent bad actors from gaining access to advanced models. Meanwhile Amodei himself called upon politicians to move beyond the 'something must be done, we're going to do our thing' approach to regulating AI and "resist the temptation to splinter". What happened? After the lunch, OpenAI's Head of Global Affairs Chris Lehane confirmed that discussion of international standards and regulatory co-operation had been aired at the lunch, claiming there is "a coalescing" between politics and industry around the notion of setting up "a forum or a space for the different democratic countries to be able to work together to ultimately see if there's a way to establish some type of AI safety standards". This would be led by the US, he added: The ability to generate or create standards would be an avenue or pathway helping to ensure ongoing and continued access to the frontier models. Something must be done... As for the politicians, the usual platitudes had an airing. For the UK, Starmer demonstrated 'leadership' around the need for political/industrial consensus as he said: If AI leaders are worried about this, politicians are worried. If that doesn't sound as though the cart and the horse are in the right order, it was left to Macron to take a firmer stand. That Trump 2.0's actions against Anthropic had "clarified the stakes" that governments could "from one day to the next can turn off the switch". That couldn't be allowed, he went on: No-one, neither political leaders nor business leaders, can any longer ignore the impact of AI on our democracies, on our societies. That is why the possibility and the necessity of regulation have now become imperative. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen diplomatically praised the US Government's stated intent to ensure AI firms act responsibly when releasing new models, but called for more international co-operations: We use each other's trusted technology, and our financial systems are interconnected. It is in our mutual interest that our citizens and companies can safely use the best AI models. We test planes before flying them. The US and EU are world leaders in aviation safety, and we can also show the way also in AI...I'm looking forward to working together with the US on this. The G7 leaders also discussed an idea of the US granting "trusted partners" access to advanced models. Such partners could be countries or companies. (The UK's Starmer had reportedly asked Trump for such status in relation to Fable 5, but been rebuffed.) As for the man himself, when asked about how the lunch had gone, he only had this to say about AI in general: What's going on with that? It's going to be the biggest thing ever. We have to be very careful with it. It's both great and could be bad. We have to be careful with it, but we're leading China. We're leading the world on that. So other than a nice photo opp and an amazing networking lunch for a chosen few from the AI sector, did anything constructive actually emerge from the shindig? Macron said later than the G7 would "create a platform for cooperation and discussion among a couple of democracies to define standards." A G7 ministerial is planned for September to shape that. He told reporters: The challenge before us is a frontier model. Better regulation is needed to avoid it falling into the hands of an authoritarian regime. As for that elephant in the room, it's still standing in the corner unaddressed. On that subject, Trump simply said negotiations with Anthropic are "going fine". My take As a 'something must be done' showcase of public concern, this was a good forum for grandstanding intent, even if the outcome was predictably enough to push things further down the road, pass onto finance and technology ministers to explore further, and then move on to other subjects. Not present of course was the 'giant panda in the room'. China is the only nation state that can currently stake any form of legitimate claim to challenging US dominance in the AI market. With immaculate timing, as the G7 leaders were sunning themselves in France, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi declared that Beijing is moving to stand up a worldwide AI cooperation body open to any nation that wants to participate. Quite what that would involve is anyone's guess, of course. But any international accord isn't really worth it unless there's going to be a reaching out hands across the great divide between East and West. Only Nixon would go to China, was the astonished US commentariat chatter back in the 1970s. Who's going to be the 2026 version?

As G7 wraps, OpenAI and Anthropic meet with world leaders to discuss the future of AI

Executives of leading AI companies including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei are attending discussions as U.S. President Donald Trump and other leaders close formal talks of the leading industrial nations in the lakeside resort of Evian-les-Bains with a session on the future of artificial intelligence and another on fostering economic growth. Trump plans to stop outside Paris for a glitzy dinner at the Palace of Versailles before jetting back to Washington on Wednesday. The G7 leaders spent the bulk of the meetings Tuesday discussing the war between Russia and Ukraine and a tentative deal to end the Iran war. Trump did not reveal details of the agreement expected to be signed by the United States and Iran on Friday in Switzerland, saying "nobody knows what it is but it's very strong."

AI leaders from OpenAI, Google DeepMind, and Anthropic to join G7 summit

The leaders of OpenAI, Google DeepMind, and Anthropic will attend the G7 summit in Évian-les-Bains, France, from June 15 to 17, according to the French presidential office. Sam Altman, Demis Hassabis, and Dario Amodei confirmed their attendance, marking a significant moment as it will be the first G7 meeting with representation from all three major AI companies. French President Emmanuel Macron extended a personal invitation to Altman, which is notable as it will be his first appearance at the annual summit. Chris Lehane, OpenAI's chief global affairs officer, stated that Altman is expected to engage actively in discussions with global leaders. AI is expected to be a primary focus of the summit's agenda. The French G7 presidency has solicited support from the International Energy Agency on finance, energy, and digital issues, emphasizing AI's role in these areas. This event is seen as a critical juncture in positioning France at the forefront of global AI governance. The joint attendance of Altman, Amodei, and Hassabis coincides with a recent letter they signed to Congress advocating for stricter regulations on synthetic DNA and AI-related biological threats. This alignment reflects a rare moment of unity among the rival companies regarding AI policy and underscores its growing significance in international diplomacy. The summit will also feature leaders from France, the United States, Canada, Japan, the United Kingdom, Italy, and Germany, with Brazil, South Korea, India, and Kenya participating as guest nations.

AI Executives Gather at G7 as Europeans Seek Checks on American Dominance

Top artificial intelligence executives are gathering Wednesday in France against a backdrop of growing calls for tech sovereignty in Europe, fueled by concerns about American dominance in the industry. The wars in Iran and Ukraine have dominated discussions at the Group of Seven summit of major industrialized nations this week but AI will have its moment on the meeting's final day. In a rare huddle of AI industry figures, leaders of three of the most powerful AI companies -- OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei -- are due to attend a working lunch on the theme of "Ensuring a safe, rapid and effective deployment of artificial intelligence." Also attending are the heads of smaller AI labs, including Canada's Cohere AI, France's Mistral, Germany's Black Forest Labs, Italy's Domyn, Sakana AI of Japan and U.K.-based Synthesia. In Europe the distrust of American companies dominating AI and other tech ecosystems has shown up at the European Commission, which unveiled a tech sovereignty package this month with plans to boost homegrown AI, and the Vatican, where the pope last month called for robust regulation of artificial intelligence. Many outside the United States also took notice last week when Anthropic took down its most advanced AI models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, to comply with a Trump administration order citing an unspecified national security concern. The U.S government barred any non-Americans, either inside or outside the United States, from accessing the models, which forced the company to suspend access to all customers. The episode highlighted how Europe, Canada or other countries "can be put in an extremely vulnerable position" if they get cut off from advanced AI models, said Zach Meyers, director of research at CERRE, a Brussels-based think tank. "There is a general anxiety about the state of Europe, the fact that we're relying on other countries for quite important strategic infrastructure and a desire to do something about it, whatever that is," Meyers said. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney touched on the Anthropic development on his way to the G7 meeting, telling reporters during a stop in Ireland that it highlights a need to "build out and diversify." Sovereignty requires "unhindered access to AI," he said in a speech in Dublin. Earlier this month, Canada announced a plan to help middle powers or like-minded countries develop an alternative to the big AI players. A few days earlier, Trump signed an executive order sketching out a framework for oversight of advanced AI systems. The G7 is a chance for business and political leaders to engage with each other on the risks and benefits of AI, as countries seek to harness the technology to boost their economies and advance their geopolitical aims. Digital sovereignty has been a longtime cause for the G7 meeting's host, French President Emmanuel Macron. His government has even started requiring civil servants to ditch Zoom and Microsoft Teams for a homegrown video conference system. Aidan Gomez, CEO of Cohere, which bought German AI startup Aleph Alpha earlier this year, said the company's focus at the G7 was "to expand our sovereign AI ecosystem partnerships beyond Canada and Germany to include all G7 nations -- and companies -- establishing a global standard that guarantees ownership of models, data, and local compute." The G7 comprises France, the United States, Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United Kingdom. Brazil, India, Kenya and South Korea were among guest nations invited to participate in some discussions.

French president urges US to share cutting-edge AI and democracies to cooperate on regulation

French President Macron urged wealthy democracies to unite on AI regulation, a sentiment echoed by OpenAI's CEO. Amidst US restrictions on foreign access to advanced AI, Macron stressed global cooperation over nationalism, warning of potential value drops for pioneering firms if access is restricted. French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday urged the world's wealthy democracies to work together on regulating advanced artificial intelligence systems, speaking at a high-level meeting that included top AI executives. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman issued a similar plea at the Group of Seven summit of major industrialised nations in France, saying an "international forum" is needed for countries to draw up AI guardrails. He said the task of AI safety should not be left to tech companies. Overshadowing the discussion on AI was President Donald Trump's administration's directive last week, preventing foreign nationals from using Anthropic's newest and most powerful artificial intelligence models. Macron said it was a "good thing" that U.S. officials recognise that so-called frontier AI models could be dangerous, but he also criticised it as a "strictly nationalist" reaction. The remarks followed a G7 working lunch that brought together AI industry figures, including leaders of three of the most powerful AI companies - Altman, Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei - on the theme of "ensuring a safe, rapid and effective deployment of artificial intelligence." Trump's feud with Anthropic has unsettled many outside the US Ahead of the meeting, the White House's dispute with Anthropic fueled distrust in Europe about American dominance of AI and tech ecosystems. The company was forced on Friday to take its latest artificial intelligence models, known as Fable 5 and Mythos 5, offline to comply with the directive. The AI giant said it did not believe the steps taken by the government were warranted by the concern it flagged about a potential security issue. When asked by a reporter whether France and other G7 countries had asked Trump to permit access to Anthropic's latest AI models, Macron said he made a forceful plea for the U.S. not to keep cutting-edge AI to itself. Macron warned of a possible drop in value for U.S. firms pioneering the disruptive technology if they switch off access like a light switch. Macron backed his appeal for partnership among key democracies with an insurance policy: France, he said, will boost funding for its own AI industry, so it's not left behind if international cooperation breaks down. Democratic countries ultimately want to prevent authoritarian regimes from getting access to advanced AI systems, Macron said. "So let us move forward together," he said. "Our relevant agencies must first cooperate so that, in the areas of security and cybersecurity, we have a smooth government-to-government relationship." Altman said in his lunch speech, attended by the G7 leaders and more than a dozen AI bosses, that the technology's future must be shaped by people, democratic institutions and society as a whole, "not just by the companies building the most capable systems." "We need an international forum for discussion that establishes globally accepted standards for testing, provides expert and impartial analysis of capabilities and risks, and serves as a venue for cooperation among nations," he said. Europeans have sought checks on American AI dominance Even before the Anthropic episode, there was growing distrust of American companies dominating AI and other tech ecosystems. In Brussels, the European Commission unveiled a tech sovereignty package this month with plans to boost homegrown AI, and at the Vatican, the pope last month called for robust regulation of artificial intelligence. Trump's intervention with Anthropic highlighted how Europe, Canada or other countries "can be put in an extremely vulnerable position" if they are cut off from advanced AI models, said Zach Meyers, director of research at CERRE, a Brussels-based think tank. "There is a general anxiety about the state of Europe, the fact that we're relying on other countries for quite important strategic infrastructure and a desire to do something about it, whatever that is," Meyers said. At the G7, Aidan Gomez, CEO of Canada's Cohere AI, said a "number of proposals" were discussed on working together on AI governance and regulation. "I think the consensus was we need something," he told The Associated Press. He said he told the gathering that democracies should focus their efforts on making sure the G7 "doesn't just produce the most capable AI, but also the second most capable AI," a reference to the U.S. and China being the world's only two major AI powers. Meta's chief AI officer, Alexandr Wang, also attended the meeting, along with the heads of smaller AI labs, including France's Mistral, Germany's Black Forest Labs, Italy's Domyn, Sakana AI of Japan and United Kingdom-based Synthesia. The G7 comprises France, the United States, Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan and the UK. Brazil, India, Kenya and South Korea were among guest nations invited to participate in some discussions.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Finds Rare Ally In Rival OpenAI's Sam Altman As He Warns G7 Leaders Against AI

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has called upon G7 leaders to collaborate on the implementation of advanced AI tools in the wake of a U.S. export block on his company's latest model. Amodei made his plea in front of President Donald Trump and other G7 leaders at a summit in Évian-les-Bains, France on Wednesday. He received backing from Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, the Financial Times reported. Amodei empathized with countries' efforts to prevent AI misuse, but called for democratic nations to collaborate and "resist the temptation to splinter" over the release of advanced tools. Altman stressed the need to provide cyberdefense tools to all present countries. French President Emmanuel Macron acknowledged the Anthropic dispute had highlighted the stakes for the U.S. and its G7 allies. He warned of potential damage to U.S. companies leading the AI race if the U.S. could suddenly "turn off the switch". Macron called for "stronger regulation of artificial intelligence" and warned against "non-cooperation among democracies." Altman-Amodei Clash Over Strategy Altman even criticized Anthropic's marketing of its cybersecurity-focused Claude Mythos, calling it "fear-based marketing" that promoted limiting advanced AI access to a small group of users. Anthropic Mythos Ban, OpenAI Probe Disclaimer: This content was partially produced with the help of AI tools and was reviewed and published by Benzinga editors. Image via Shutterstock Market News and Data brought to you by Benzinga APIs To add Benzinga News as your preferred source on Google, click here.

OpenAI chief tells G7 to 'not cede responsibilities' to AI giants

At the G7 summit, OpenAI's Sam Altman implored global leaders to take charge of artificial intelligence regulation. He champions the idea that it should be the people, not tech companies, who determine how this transformative technology is utilized. OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman urged world leaders at the G7 summit on Wednesday not to surrender control over artificial intelligence to the companies building it, calling on governments to set global standards for deploying the rapidly advancing technology. "Do not cede your responsibilities to AI labs like mine," Altman told leaders and tech executives during a session of the summit in the French Alpine resort of Evian-les-Bains, according to excerpts of his remarks released by the company. The appeal from the head of one of the world's most valuable AI firms effectively asked democratic governments to keep the most consequential choices about the technology out of corporate hands -- including his own. "We develop the technology, and the citizens of the free world make the rules," Altman said. "Technologists have special knowledge about AI, but they don't have any special wisdom about humanity." Altman told leaders that the question of whether AI is useful "has been settled" and that within a year or two he expects systems of "astonishing power" capable of reshaping human life on a scale unmatched "since the harnessing of electricity". His remarks came at a time when the United States and Europe disagree about how tightly AI should be controlled. The European Union -- including G7 members France, Germany and Italy -- has passed strict rules that sort AI systems by how risky they are and place tough requirements on ones that could cause the most harm. The United States, under President Donald Trump, has moved in the opposite direction, rolling back rules in hopes of speeding up new ideas and staying ahead of rivals like China. Yet the Trump administration has also temporarily banned foreigners from accessing the most powerful AI models made by US giant Anthropic, citing national security concerns and fueling fears that the United States will tightly control access to the crucial technology. Altman stressed that OpenAI, as "an American company", would be governed by US law but said it recognised "the sovereignty of the democratic nations in this room". The remarks came on the final day of the three-day G7 summit hosted by France, which gathered leaders from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Britain and the United States, along with invited guests including Brazil, India and Kenya.

Leading AI Execs Call for U.S.-led Coalition to Set AI Rules and Standards | PYMNTS.com

Amodei was joined in addressing the meeting by Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman also attended the lunch, along with about a dozen other tech executives, according to The Next Web. While reports of the private meeting were thin on details, the thrust of the tech leaders' message was that the leading frontier AI models are too important and too powerful that governance should not be left to technology companies alone. "The technology's future must be shaped by people, democratic institutions and society as a whole, not just by the companies building the most capable systems," Altman told the gathering, according to an OpenAI briefing for reporters. He called for "an international forum for discussion that establishes globally accepted standards for testing, provides expert and impartial analysis of capabilities and risks, and serves as a venue for cooperation among nations." According to the reports, the tech leaders proposed that the U.S., as the source of the most advanced AI technology, should lead the coalition but that China should be excluded. At least one other head of state, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, agreed the U.S. could play a lead role in establishing AI standards, according to CNBC's sources, but declined to comment publicly. The proposal to supervise access to the most powerful frontier models and technology, and to focus on cyber operations, bioterrorism and intelligence, while excluding China from the coalition highlights the extent to which national security has come to dominate the discussion around AI governance, supplanting safety as the primary issue. Rather than a traditional standards body or forum for international cooperation, the proposed coalition would amount to a kind of NATO for AI -- a collective security organization to serve as a bulwark against geopolitical competitors and adversaries. The timing of the proposal is striking, however. It comes just days after the Trump administration forced Anthropic to shut down access international access to it most powerful new models, Mythos and Fable, citing national security concerns. It also comes as both Europe and Canada have embarked on concerted efforts to reduce their economies' dependence on U.S. technology firms in the name of "AI sovereignty." The Trump administration's imposing export controls on Anthropic only heightened their concerns over a U.S. AI "kill switch," according to Euronews. Whether the proposal to establish a U.S.-led AI governance coalition can overcome those concerns is unclear. Apart from OpenAI's press briefing, no one who attended the lunch has commented publicly on what was discussed. In addition to Amodei, Altman and Hassabis, other tech leaders who attended included Mistral's Arthur Mensch, Cohere's Aidan Gomez, Black Forest Labs' Robin Rombach, Synthesia's Victor Riparbelli, Salesforce's Marc Benioff, and Meta's Alex Wang.

G7 leaders vow closer ties on AI as they hash out 'trusted partners' scheme

G7 leaders are coordinating on advanced AI risks and opportunities. They are discussing a "trusted partners" scheme to grant non-US nations access to advanced US AI models. This aims to bolster cybersecurity defenses against rivals. European nations are also seeking technological independence while keeping pace with AI advancements. Leaders emphasised mutual interest in using trusted technology. G7 leaders on Wednesday pledged closer coordination on the risks and opportunities of advanced AI, while also discussing the creation of a "trusted partners" scheme granting access for non-US nations to advanced US AI models from firms like Anthropic. In a joint statement on the final day of the June 15 to 17 Group of Seven summit in the French resort of Evian-les-Bains, the leaders said they would task finance ⁠officials, regulators ⁠and cybersecurity experts with assessing how frontier AI models could impact financial stability, productivity and labour markets. Cybersecurity experts are concerned that Anthropic's Mythos, developed to find coding flaws to bolster cyberdefences, could potentially turbo-charge attacks on the very systems it aims to protect. Last week, US President Donald Trump told Anthropic to block foreign nationals from accessing its advanced models, citing national security concerns. That move spurred G7 discussions on the creation of the "trusted partners" scheme, which ⁠could potentially open a path around the U.S. restrictions. The "trusted partners" could be countries or companies, Reuters reported on Tuesday, and would allow them to use the models ⁠to develop stronger cybersecurity defences against rivals like China. AI executives from Anthropic, OpenAI and Google, which are all developing highly advanced models, attended a working lunch on Wednesday at the G7 to discuss regulation and AI infrastructure. Europe strives to find right tech balance Europe is struggling to balance a push for greater sovereignty and less dependence on US tech and security, while also keeping pace with technological advances largely led by US tech firms that dominate cloud computing, semiconductor design and cutting-edge AI research. European policymakers have increasingly framed AI as a matter of economic and national security. The European Commission recently unveiled plans for AI "gigafactories" and large-scale computing infrastructure designed to provide the region with sovereign ⁠access to computing power. It has proposed laws to boost domestic cloud, AI and semiconductor industries and cut reliance on US Big Tech, although critics say Europe remains years behind its US rivals. Speaking at the tech leaders' lunch, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said it was in the mutual interest of the US and the European Union for the EU to use the best AI models, while praising US moves to ensure AI firms acted responsibly when introducing powerful new models. "We use each other's trusted technology, and our financial systems are interconnected," she said.

Anthropic CEO urges G7 to 'resist temptation to splinter' on AI -- as workers gripe Trump 'bullied' firm

Anthropic boss Dario Amodei urged world leaders to "resist the temptation to splinter" in their approaches to AI regulation - even as his employees reportedly posted internal work chats griping that the White House was unfairly targeting them. The plea came during a Wednesday lunch at the G7 Summit attended by President Trump, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and other tech leaders who gathered in Évian-les-Bains, France - just days after the Trump administration slapped export controls on Anthropic's "Fable" AI model due to cybersecurity concerns. Amodei told attendees that democratic countries should work together on AI, including efforts to prevent bad actors from gaining access to advanced models, the Financial Times reported, citing sources close to the discussions. Altman -- a longtime nemesis of Amodei, who left OpenAI in December 2020 to found Anthropic -- nevertheless backed Amodei's point, saying G7 countries should have access to AI-powered cybersecurity tools. Demis Hassabis of Google DeepMind also voiced support for more collaboration, according to the report. Leaked internal chats reveal that Anthropic employees were taken aback by the shutdown - with some reportedly asking if it would hurt the company's plans to go public, according to leaked chats obtained by the New York Times. In one message, an employee questioned if Anthropic was being "bullied" by the Trump administration "based on bad vibes," according to the report. "At what point does this just feel like they don't want us to exist?" another employee asked in an internal chat on Tuesday. French President Emmanuel Macron told G7 attendees that the Trump administration's action against Anthropic had "clarified the stakes" and warned that leading AI developers could suffer if the government "from one day to the next can turn off the switch," according to the FT. An Anthropic spokesperson declined to comment on Amodei's reported remarks. The Trump administration cracked down on Anthropic late last week after it received intel from Amazon CEO Andy Jassy and others suggesting its advanced AI models had flaws that could hurt national security. Anthropic has argued those concerns are overblown, but shut down the models entirely in order to comply with export controls. The Trump administration's abrupt action against Anthropic sparked concern about other G7 nations who suddenly found themselves without access to Mythos - which the company has said has unprecedented capabilities to find and exploit software vulnerabilities. On Tuesday, The Post reported that the Trump administration wouldn't allow G7 nations to regain access to Anthropic's models, with one official describing the notion of granting carve-outs to export controls as "completely illogical." Members of Anthropic's technical staff have been meeting with Trump administration officials for days in a bid to resolve their safety concerns. Anthropic has said it is committed to getting the situation resolved as quickly as possible. Senior administration officials previously told The Post that they were miffed by Anthropic's effort to downplay the flaw as a "narrow potential jailbreak" - after Amodei and others have spent the last several years raising alarms about the dangers of AI. "They seem obsessed with safety for everyone except themselves," one senior Trump administration official told The Post. "If I was an Anthropic investor, I would be extremely concerned."

AI executives gather at G7 as Europeans seek checks on American dominance

In a rare huddle of AI industry figures, leaders of three of the most powerful AI companies -- OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei -- are due to attend a working lunch on the theme of "Ensuring a safe, rapid and effective deployment of artificial intelligence." London, Jun 17 (AP) Top artificial intelligence executives are gathering Wednesday in France against a backdrop of growing calls for tech sovereignty in Europe, fuelled by concerns about American dominance in the industry. The wars in Iran and Ukraine have dominated discussions at the Group of Seven summit of major industrialised nations this week but AI will have its moment on the meeting's final day. In a rare huddle of AI industry figures, leaders of three of the most powerful AI companies -- OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei -- are due to attend a working lunch on the theme of "Ensuring a safe, rapid and effective deployment of artificial intelligence." Also attending are the heads of smaller AI labs, including Canada's Cohere AI, France's Mistral, Germany's Black Forest Labs, Italy's Domyn, Sakana AI of Japan and UK-based Synthesia. In Europe the distrust of American companies dominating AI and other tech ecosystems has shown up at the European Commission, which unveiled a tech sovereignty package this month with plans to boost homegrown AI, and the Vatican, where the pope last month called for robust regulation of artificial intelligence. Many outside the United States also took notice last week when Anthropic took down its most advanced AI models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, to comply with a Trump administration order citing an unspecified national security concern. The US government barred any non-Americans, either inside or outside the United States, from accessing the models, which forced the company to suspend access to all customers. The episode highlighted how Europe, Canada or other countries "can be put in an extremely vulnerable position" if they get cut off from advanced AI models, said Zach Meyers, director of research at CERRE, a Brussels-based think tank. "There is a general anxiety about the state of Europe, the fact that we're relying on other countries for quite important strategic infrastructure and a desire to do something about it, whatever that is," Meyers said. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney touched on the Anthropic development on his way to the G7 meeting, telling reporters during a stop in Ireland that it highlights a need to "build out and diversify." Sovereignty requires "unhindered access to AI," he said in a speech in Dublin. Earlier this month, Canada announced a plan to help middle powers or like-minded countries develop an alternative to the big AI players. A few days earlier, Trump signed an executive order sketching out a framework for oversight of advanced AI systems. The G7 is a chance for business and political leaders to engage with each other on the risks and benefits of AI, as countries seek to harness the technology to boost their economies and advance their geopolitical aims. Digital sovereignty has been a longtime cause for the G7 meeting's host, French President Emmanuel Macron. His government has even started requiring civil servants to ditch Zoom and Microsoft Teams for a homegrown video conference system. Aidan Gomez, CEO of Cohere, which bought German AI startup Aleph Alpha earlier this year, said the company's focus at the G7 was "to expand our sovereign AI ecosystem partnerships beyond Canada and Germany to include all G7 nations -- and companies -- establishing a global standard that guarantees ownership of models, data, and local compute." The G7 comprises France, the United States, Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United Kingdom. Brazil, India, Kenya and South Korea were among guest nations invited to participate in some discussions.

At G7, Macron says he expects progress on broadening access to Anthropic's Mythos

EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France, June 17 (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday he believed progress would be made in coming weeks on broadening access to leading U.S. AI models, as G7 leaders pledged closer coordination on the risks and opportunities of frontier AI. Macron's comments came as G7 leaders, who had gathered for the June 15 to 17 Group of Seven summit in the French resort of Evian-les-Bains, discussed the creation of a "trusted partners" scheme granting access for non-U.S. nations to advanced U.S. AI models from firms like Anthropic. Cybersecurity experts are concerned Anthropic's Mythos, developed to find coding flaws to bolster cyberdefences, could potentially turbo-charge attacks on the very systems it aims to protect. Last week, U.S. President Donald Trump told Anthropic to block foreign nationals from accessing its advanced models, citing national security concerns. That move spurred G7 discussions on the creation of the "trusted partners" scheme, which could open a ?path around the U.S. restrictions. The "trusted partners" could be countries or companies, Reuters reported on Tuesday, and would allow them to use the models to develop stronger cybersecurity defences against rivals like China. REGULATING AI Macron said it was in Washington's interest to make Mythos more broadly available, as nobody would buy U.S. AI if there were fears it could be shut off at any moment. Europe is struggling to balance a push for greater tech sovereignty, while also keeping pace with technological advances largely led by U.S. tech firms that dominate cloud computing, semiconductor design and cutting-edge AI research. In a joint statement on Wednesday, G7 leaders said they would task finance officials, regulators and cybersecurity experts with assessing how frontier AI models could impact financial stability, productivity and labour markets. AI executives from Anthropic, OpenAI and Google, which are all developing highly advanced models, attended a working lunch on Wednesday at the G7 to discuss regulation and AI infrastructure. At the lunch, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman urged the G7 to take control of AI governance. He said the debate over whether AI is useful was over and that far more powerful systems would emerge, potentially reshaping the global economy and scientific discovery. But he added that it was for democratic governments -- not AI companies -- to decide how it is governed. "Do not cede your responsibilities to AI labs like mine," he said. "We develop the technology, and the citizens of the free world make the rules." EUROPE STRIVES TO FIND RIGHT TECH BALANCE European policymakers have increasingly framed AI as a matter of economic and national security. The European Commission recently unveiled plans for AI "gigafactories" and large-scale computing infrastructure designed to provide the region with sovereign access to computing power. It has proposed laws to boost domestic cloud, AI and semiconductor industries and cut reliance on U.S. Big Tech, although critics say Europe remains years behind U.S. rivals. Speaking at the tech leaders' lunch, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said it was in the mutual interest of the U.S. and the European Union for the EU to use the best AI models, while praising U.S. moves to ensure AI firms acted responsibly when introducing powerful new models. "We use each other's trusted technology, and our financial systems are interconnected," she said. (Additional reporting by Aditya Soni; Editing by Hugh Lawson)

Tech executives to attend G7 summit as leaders address AI, online safety

PARIS, June 12 (Reuters) - AI executives from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google and Mistral AI are expected to attend next week's G7 summit, said officials from France, which is crafting an agenda aimed at discussing the world's crises and broad economic challenges. o Here's a non-exhaustive list of attendees: Sam Altman (OpenAI), Demis Hassabis (Google DeepMind), Dario Amodei (Anthropic), Arthur Mensch (Mistral AI), Aidan Gomez (Cohere), Robin Rombach (Black Forest Labs), Pratyush Kumar (Sarvam AI), Victor Riparbelli (Synthesia), Alex Wang (Meta), Marc Benioff (Salesforce), Ren Ito (Sakana AI). o The June 15-17 gathering in Evian-les-Bains, France will bring together the leaders of France, Britain, Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States, alongside the European Union. o The leaders will discuss a declaration on the protection of minors online, Macron's office said. o They will also meet with tech business leaders at a working lunch on Wednesday to speak about broader technology issues, including regulation, AI infrastructure and networks. (Reporting by Michel Rose; Editing by Joe Bavier)