Anthropic Google DeepMind CEOs call for U.S.-led AI coalition at G7

Antropik CEO Dario Amodei and Google According to information obtained by CNBC, DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis called for a US-led coalition to shape rules and standards regarding artificial intelligence in a meeting with technology leaders and heads of state, including President Donald Trump.

The closed lunch meeting took place at the G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains, France, on Wednesday. Amodei and Hassabis proposed international cooperation on artificial intelligence, led by the United States, to guard against risks associated with the emerging technology, according to two people with knowledge of the matter who asked not to be named because they were not authorized to discuss the meeting.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has acknowledged that the United States could lead an AI coalition, according to one of the sources and another person familiar with the discussions.

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

The meeting follows the rollout of increasingly powerful artificial intelligence models with such advanced cyber capabilities that some industry experts have raised concerns that they could lead to 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 US government imposed export controls on the models, citing national security concerns.

In addition to Amodei and Hassabis, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman also attended Wednesday’s meeting, which was attended by about a dozen technology executives. Leaders of G7 countries also attended the meeting.

In addition to President Trump, the United States was represented by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnik and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

Areas for international cooperation should include structured access to border models and trade in chips and critical components that excludes China, one person said in Amodei’s address to the group. Amodei also added that countries should cooperate to address AI risk in cyber, bioterrorism and intelligence.

Anthropic is locked in negotiations with the Trump administration after export controls on its latest models went into effect late Friday.

In his comments, Altman called for “an international forum for discussion that sets globally accepted testing standards, provides expert and unbiased analysis of capabilities and risks, and serves as a venue for collaboration between countries,” according to a briefing from OpenAI.

Last month, OpenAI announced that GPT-5.5 Cyber, a variation of its latest model, was available to vetted cybersecurity teams in a limited preview capacity.

Chris Lehane, OpenA’s chief of global affairs, who attended Wednesday’s meeting, said non-U.S. leaders in the room agreed that the U.S. “can certainly play a leading role in establishing” standards related to artificial intelligence.

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