CEOs of Anthropic and Google DeepMind call for U.S.-led AI coalition in meeting at G7

CEO of Anthropic Dario Amodei attends a working lunch with G7 leaders, G7 outreach partners, and global tech CEOs on innovation and AI, during the G7 Summit on June 17, 2026 in Evian-les-Bains, France. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images News | Getty Images Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and Google DeepMind's Demis Hassabis called for a U.S.-led coalition to shape rules and standards around artificial intelligence at a meeting with tech leaders and heads of state, including President Donald Trump , CNBC has learned. The closed-door lunch meeting took place on Wednesday at the G7 summit in Évian-les-Bains, France. Amodei and Hassabis both proposed international cooperation on AI, with the U.S. taking the lead, to protect against risks associated with the emerging technology, according to two people with knowledge of the matter who asked not to be named because they weren't authorized to discuss the meeting. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney agreed that the U.S. could lead an AI coalition, according to one of the people and another person familiar with the discussions. Anthropic declined to comment on the G7 meeting. Google DeepMind and the Office of the Prime Minister of Canada didn't immediately respond to requests for comment. The gathering follows the release of increasingly powerful AI models with cyber capabilities so advanced that some industry experts have raised concerns that they can cause major disasters if left in the wrong hands. …