AI executives meet with G7 leaders amid U.S.-Anthropic dispute over model access restrictions

Jun 17, 2026

AI executives from Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google met with G7 leaders amid a dispute between Anthropic and the Trump administration. The U.S. imposed export controls on Anthropic's Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models, forcing a shutdown, after investor Amazon reported a security flaw. The G7 is now discussing a 'trusted partners' scheme for model access, while the ban has fueled calls for European 'sovereign AI'.

G7 summit AI discussions

▪At the G7 summit, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and Google DeepMind's Demis Hassabis proposed a U.S.-led international coalition to shape AI rules and standards
▪CEOs from Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google DeepMind met with G7 leaders in Evian-les-Bains, France, to discuss the future of artificial intelligence
▪G7 leaders discussed creating a "trusted partners" scheme to grant non-U.S. nations access to advanced U.S. AI models
▪OpenAI CEO Sam Altman urged G7 leaders to take control of AI governance, stating it is for democratic governments, not AI companies, to decide the rules

Anthropic model access restrictions

▪In February 2026, President Trump had previously directed federal agencies to stop using Anthropic's technology, calling the company "radical left" and "woke."
▪French President Emmanuel Macron called the Trump administration's restriction on Anthropic's AI a "bad thing" and "strictly nationalist."
▪Senior Anthropic staff met with Trump administration officials in Washington D.C. on June 15, 2026, to discuss the export restrictions
▪The U.S. action was triggered after Amazon, an investor in Anthropic, reported to the White House that its researchers found a way to bypass Fable 5's guardrails
▪A group of nearly 80 technical experts and CEOs wrote an open letter urging the Trump administration to revoke the export control on Anthropic's models
▪The U.S. ban on Anthropic's models has prompted renewed calls in Europe for "sovereign AI" to reduce dependency on American providers
▪Anthropic argued the security breach found by Amazon was minor and did not warrant recalling a commercial model
▪To comply with the U.S. order, Anthropic disabled access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models for all of its customers
▪The U.S. government ordered Anthropic to block foreign nationals from accessing its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models, citing national security concerns