G7 leaders host AI working lunch with Altman, Amodei and Hassabis in Évian

What happened

On June 17, 2026, G7 leaders in Évian-les-Bains hosted an unprecedented working lunch with tech CEOs. At the table, alongside President Trump, were Sam Altman (OpenAI), Dario Amodei (Anthropic), Demis Hassabis (Google DeepMind), Arthur Mensch (Mistral), Aidan Gomez (Cohere), Victor Riparbelli (Synthesia), Robin Rombach (Black Forest Labs), Marc Benioff (Salesforce), Alex Wang (Meta), plus founders of India's Sarvam and Japan's Sakana.

Context and impact

During the lunch, Amodei and Hassabis called for a US-led coalition to shape AI rules and standards. The discussion centered on an international forum — potentially helmed by Washington — to set global standards for advanced models. The agenda included frontier risk, infrastructure, and European AI sovereignty.

Details

• Venue: Évian-les-Bains, France (52nd G7 summit)
• Main topics: safe deployment, frontier risk, AI sovereignty
• Key proposal: US-led coalition for frontier model standards
• European angle: Mistral, Synthesia and Black Forest Labs as European voices