World leaders want American AI. They just don't want America to be able to turn it off.
French President Macron and Indian PM Modi raised alarms at the G7 summit that the U. could cut off access to American AI overnight - a fear the Anthropic blackout just made real. At the G7 Summit on Wednesday, world leaders like French President Emmanuel Macron and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi voiced concerns that the U.
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- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Regardless, Macron noted that it would make sense for Washington to back such a scheme and to ensure Mythos access was granted more broadly.
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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. "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. 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.
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