Bottom line: The G7 agrees on cooperation standards for AI manufacturers to prevent China from gaining ground in the development of advanced models.
On Wednesday in Evian, the G7 states and leading AI manufacturers agreed on enhanced collaboration to prevent China from taking the lead in AI development. The recent escalation between the US administration and Anthropic played no official role in this.
At a meeting in Evian-les-Bains, heads of state from the seven richest countries met with eleven executives from the AI sector, including Dario Amodei from Anthropic, Sam Altman from OpenAI, Demis Hassabis from DeepMind, and Arthur Mensch from Mistral. The focus was on joint regulation of the most powerful AI models and preventing Chinese dominance in this field.
According to statements from participants, China was mentioned multiple times — with concerns that while Western companies had an early lead, China is growing as a serious competitor, not least due to available energy resources for compute-intensive systems. The meeting demonstrated a spirit of cooperation that had stalled during Trump’s second term. Victor Riparbelli, CEO of Synthesia, described it as crucial that G7 countries and their allies stand together: “We must win the AI race and cannot allow authoritarian countries to take the winning position.”
While the recent suspension of access to Anthropic’s latest models by the US administration had initially caused tensions between the US and its allies, the topic was not directly addressed at the meeting. Arthur Mensch explained that it was instead treated from the perspective of supply chain interdependence, which he said is important as a stabilizing factor for the new global economic order.
The central outcome of the meeting was an agreement on definitions of standards for developers of frontier AI models. The G7 had already established a code of conduct for such companies in 2023 under Japan’s presidency. French President Emmanuel Macron announced that the G7 “will create a platform for cooperation and dialogue between democratic states to define standards”. The goal is to ensure better regulation prevents frontier models from falling into the hands of authoritarian regimes.
Source: www.politico.eu · Published June 17, 2026
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