Anthropic and Google DeepMind CEOs Call for U.S.-Led AI Coalition at G7 Summit

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis jointly called for a U.S.-led international coalition to set rules and standards around artificial intelligence during a closed-door meeting with tech leaders and heads of state at the G7 summit in Évian-les-Bains, France, on Wednesday.

The lunch gathering included roughly a dozen technology executives and the leaders of G7 nations, among them President Donald Trump, according to two people with knowledge of the meeting who asked not to be named because they were not authorized to discuss it.

Both Amodei and Hassabis proposed that the United States take the lead in driving international cooperation on AI to guard against risks associated with the technology, the sources said. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney agreed that the U.S. could lead such a coalition, according to one of those people and another person familiar with the discussions.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman also attended the session. In his remarks, Altman 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.

OpenAI's global affairs chief Chris Lehane, who was present at the 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.

Amodei outlined several areas where international cooperation should be prioritized, including structured access to frontier AI models and trade in chips and critical components that excludes China, according to one source. He also called on countries to work together to address AI-related risks in cybersecurity, bioterrorism, and intelligence, the source added.

Alongside Trump, the U.S. delegation at the summit included Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent, Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnik, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

The meeting comes as increasingly powerful AI models with advanced cyber capabilities have drawn fresh scrutiny from both businesses and governments concerned about digital security vulnerabilities.

The urgency was underscored by recent developments at Anthropic. The company disabled access to its two newest models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, last Friday after the U.S. government imposed export controls on them, citing national security concerns. Anthropic remains in active negotiations with the Trump administration following the imposition of those controls.

Last month, OpenAI announced that GPT-5.5 Cyber, a variant of its latest model, was rolling out in a limited preview to vetted cybersecurity teams — a move that reflected the growing convergence of frontier AI development and national security considerations.

Anthropic declined to comment on the G7 meeting. Google DeepMind and the Office of the Prime Minister of Canada did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

With export controls now shaping the commercial landscape for the most capable AI systems, how the U.S. government and allied nations ultimately structure any cooperative framework — and which companies gain or lose access under it — will carry significant consequences for both the industry and global AI governance.