Anthropic and Google DeepMind called for a US-led AI coalition at the G7, and Canada said yes

Amodei and Hassabis proposed a US-led AI coalition at the G7. Altman called for an international testing forum. No binding commitments emerged.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and Google DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis used a closed-door lunch at the G7 summit on Wednesday to call for a US-led coalition that would shape international rules and standards for artificial intelligence, according to two people with knowledge of the discussions who spoke to CNBC on condition of anonymity. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney agreed that the US could lead such a coalition, according to one of those people and a third person familiar with the talks.

The meeting took place in Évian-les-Bains, France, on the final day of the three-day summit. About a dozen tech executives attended the lunch alongside G7 heads of state, including President Donald Trump, who was joined by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

Amodei told the group that areas of international cooperation should include structured access to frontier AI models and trade in chips and critical components that excludes China, according to one of the sources. He also said countries should cooperate to address the risk of AI in cyber operations, bioterrorism, and intelligence, the source added.

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, who also attended, 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 an OpenAI briefing. Chris Lehane, OpenAI’s global affairs chief, said non-US leaders in the room acknowledged that the US “certainly could play the lead role in working to establish” AI standards.

The gathering produced no binding commitments or regulatory announcements. Multiple accounts described it as a conversation rather than a negotiation, and the G7’s track record on AI governance, from the Hiroshima AI Process in 2023 to Canada’s 2025 presidency pledges, has so far yielded principles and codes of conduct but no enforceable regulation.

The coalition pitch is notable given the backdrop. Anthropic is locked in negotiations with the Trump administration after the US government imposed export controls on its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models on 12 June, citing national security concerns over a reported jailbreak. The company disabled both models worldwide to comply, and talks