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AI CEOs Join G7 Leaders at Summit Table in French Alps
CEOs of major U.S. AI firms sat with heads of state at this week's G7 summit in Évian-les-Bains, holding bilateral meetings and urging coordinated standards for the technology.
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AI companies sat at the main summit table with heads of state during the annual G7 meeting held this week in Évian-les-Bains in the French Alps. President Trump was seated with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on his right and Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis on his left.
French President Emmanuel Macron, who hosted the summit, had Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff beside him. Altman held bilateral meetings with multiple heads of state during the gathering. He was photographed entering the closed working lunch on Wednesday and drew attention from ministers and cabinet members present.
Amodei, Altman, and Meta chief AI officer Alexandr Wang each posed for bilateral photos with Macron and the French flag. Altman told leaders in closed-door remarks that governments should not cede responsibilities to AI labs. "Do not cede your responsibilities to AI labs like mine," he said.
He called for an international forum to set testing standards, provide impartial analysis of capabilities and risks, and serve as a venue for cooperation among nations. Altman added that once guardrails are established, decisions should favor human liberty. "We want everyone on Earth to benefit from this technology, and to figure out for themselves how to use it," he said.
"We are an American company and will be governed by the laws of the United States. " Amodei urged the G7 countries to avoid fragmentation. He told leaders they must "resist the temptation to splinter" over the rollout of advanced AI tools.
Hassabis described the current period as a pivotal point. "When we look back at this time in 10, 20 years' time, I think we'll see that we're standing in the foothills of the singularity," he said. -led standards body that would cooperate with the international democratic community.
