Anthropic Ban Raises One Question At G7: Who Controls AI Access?

Dario Amodei used a Jun. 17 G7 lunch with Donald Trump to call for AI unity, days after the U.S. restricted Anthropic models.

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Anthropic Ban

The Anthropic CEO spoke at a working lunch in Évian-les-Bains, France, where he told world leaders to “resist the temptation to splinter” over AI, according to the Financial Times.

Sam Altman of OpenAI and Demis Hassabis of Google DeepMind backed the same message, putting three major AI rivals on the same side of the policy fight.

The appeal came after the U.S. Commerce Department issued an export control directive against Anthropic, blocking Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for non-U.S. users and foreign nationals inside the country.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick cited a reported Mythos 5 jailbreak that could let users bypass safety systems and obtain software vulnerability data.

Anthropic warned that applying the same standard across the industry would effectively stop new model deployments, and the company sent senior staff to Washington this week to seek a reversal.

The dispute had been building before the G7 meeting, as Trump ordered federal agencies in February to stop using Anthropic products after the company rejected Pentagon contract terms requiring its AI for “any lawful purpose.”

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AI Access

French President Emmanuel Macron said the Anthropic fight had “clarified the stakes,” warning that U.S. power to “turn off the switch” could hurt the American companies leading the AI race.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi also raised access concerns, saying democratic nations need frontier AI to protect critical infrastructure.

The comments show why the dispute matters beyond one company.

Washington is trying to limit access to powerful models after a reported safety failure, while allies worry that sudden restrictions could leave them dependent on U.S. systems they cannot control.

That history made the G7 appeal less a plea than a challenge to U.S. policy.

Amodei left France without a policy fix, but his message landed in front of the government that created the dispute. The episode also followed Trump’s February ban on federal Anthropic use, showing that the company’s clash with Washington had already moved from procurement rules to global AI policy.

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