G7 summit brings AI chiefs into policy talks on sovereignty and security

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G7 leaders meet with top AI executives including OpenAI's Sam Altman and Anthropic's Dario Amodei to address frontier AI risks, sovereignty, and child protection.
U.S. export controls on Anthropic's Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models over security concerns escalate debate on sovereign AI investment and technology access for G7 countries.
Companies anticipate voluntary commitments on youth safety and cyber risks at the summit, potentially establishing a global baseline before binding regulation appears.

AI policy agenda expands at Evian summit

As reported by The Élysée Palace, executives from leading AI companies are joining a lunch meeting with G7 leaders on Wednesday as the summit turns to frontier AI risks, infrastructure, sovereignty and online child protection. The gathering includes OpenAI's Sam Altman, Anthropic's Dario Amodei and Google DeepMind's Demis Hassabis, alongside other technology leaders from Europe, North America and Asia.

Other attendees are expected to include Mistral's Arthur Mensch, Cohere chief executive Aidan Gomez, Domyn's Uljan Sharka, Synthesia's Victor Riparbelli, Black Forest Labs' Robin Rombach, Salesforce's Marc Benioff and Meta's Alex Wang. Founders from India's Sarvam and Japan's Sakana are also set to take part, highlighting the breadth of industry representation around the talks.

Jessica Brandt, senior fellow for technology and national security at the Council on Foreign Relations, says the presence of private-sector AI chiefs shows that governments now need cooperation, if not endorsement, from the companies building the technology. She says the shift signals a change in who gets a seat at the table and where power increasingly sits.

Export controls sharpen sovereignty debate

The summit takes place as Anthropic remains in negotiations with the U.S. administration after Washington imposes export controls on the company's Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models over national security concerns. Recent launches of advanced AI systems, including Anthropic's Mythos and OpenAI's GPT-5.5 Cyber, intensify worries among governments and businesses about cyber vulnerabilities and broader digital security risks.

Cameron Kerry, a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution, says the release of Mythos marks an inflection point in AI development and pushes the Trump administration to consider tighter regulation. Emerson Brooking, senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, says the U.S. export controls change assumptions that sovereign AI investment in G7 countries can continue alongside unrestricted access to the U.S. technology stack.

For the companies attending, the summit offers a chance to shape voluntary commitments before binding rules emerge. Brandt says firms appear to expect agreements on youth safety and frontier risks in cyber and biology that could become a de facto global baseline, while OpenAI earlier this month says it expects voluntary commitments from technology companies during the summit.

UK investment commitments announced at the G7 summit highlighted a £1.3 billion package from French and Indian firms aimed at expanding battery storage, flexible power infrastructure and technology operations across the country. Our earlier article noted that these projects are expected to create more than 1,400 jobs and reflect rising investor focus on the energy and industrial capacity needed to support growth in advanced technologies.

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