Executives from companies such as OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google will attend the G7 summit to discuss cutting-edge AI risks and sovereignty issues.

June 17 — CNBC reports that chief executive officers (CEOs) of top global AI firms, including OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind, will join this week’s G7 summit in France. The move underscores how tech leaders are gaining greater geopolitical clout as the AI agenda moves into the global mainstream. OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Anthropic’s Dario Amodei, and Google DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis — plus roughly a dozen other tech industry heads — will participate in a Wednesday luncheon on the sidelines of the Avignon-hosted G7 summit. The gathering is set to cover high-stakes AI risks, infrastructure, and sovereignty issues; France’s Élysée Palace previously confirmed child online protection will also be a key topic. Jessica Brandt, a senior fellow for technology and national security at the American Foreign Policy Council, told CNBC that for world leaders to deliver credible AI-related pledges, they now need hands-on input from private-sector executives actually building this technology — and their formal backing. “We’re seeing a shift in who gets a seat at the negotiation table, and that sends a clear signal about where power lies,” she said. Ahead of the summit, Anthropic remains in ongoing talks with the U.S. government over export control rules for its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models. The U.S. first imposed export controls on Anthropic’s models earlier over national security concerns. Emerson Brooking, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, called the U.S. move “a game-changer” that proves Washington is willing to cut off G7 nations — even treaty allies — from accessing certain advanced AI capabilities. Brandt noted that tech companies are expected to lead the development of a package of voluntary commitments, covering areas like youth safety and frontier risks tied to the internet and biology. These pledges could become de facto global benchmarks. Earlier this month, OpenAI signaled that the AI industry is on track to finalize a series of such voluntary commitments during the summit. The Brookings Institution added that leading frontier AI labs aim to steer this conversation before any binding, enforceable regulatory rules are put in place.