G7 summit in Évian: Macron urges AI regulation as US blocks Anthropic models

At the G7 summit in Évian‑les‑Bains (June 2026), leaders discussed artificial‑intelligence policy after the United States halted Anthropic’s flagship models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, citing the “deemed export’’ doctrine. French President Emmanuel Macron warned that “nobody can ignore the impact of AI on our democracies’’ and called for stronger international regulation to prevent misuse by authoritarian regimes. EU commissioners at Paris’s VivaTech highlighted European tech‑sovereignty measures, including the CHIPS Act 2.0, the Cloud and AI Development Act and a €5 billion Scale‑up Europe Fund aimed at retaining deep‑tech start‑ups. The G7 also floated a “Trusted Partners’’ framework for AI cooperation among democratic nations and a joint AI‑co‑operation platform. Parallel US legislative activity referenced the Senate’s NO FAKES Act, proposing fines up to $750 000 for illegal deep‑fake content. The meetings underscored a shared push for coordinated AI rules and reduced dependence on US‑originated technology.