EVIAN-LES-BAINS, June 17 — G7 leaders discussed a plan to grant select “trusted partners” access to advanced AI models from United States firms such as Anthropic, three diplomatic sources said yesterday, potentially opening a path around restrictions on non-American use.
Anthropic on June 12 disabled access for all users to Fable 5 and Mythos 5, its most advanced AI models. The company made that move after US President Donald Trump ordered Anthropic to block foreign nationals from accessing its most advanced AI models, citing national security concerns.
One of the diplomatic sources said several country representatives attending the annual G7 summit discussed the idea of widening access to advanced AI models with US representatives.
This was mainly with US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, on the sidelines of the opening G7 summit dinner on Monday in the French lakeside resort of Evian-les-Bains.
The “trusted partners” could be countries or companies, said a second source, who declined to be named because talks are ongoing.
An agreement providing broader access to advanced models would allow G7 countries to use the models to develop stronger cybersecurity defences against rivals such as China.
A US White House official said in a statement that the president’s team has “an open line of communication with our allies, and we remain committed to addressing national security concerns with Anthropic’s model”.
AI executives from Anthropic, OpenAI and Google, which are all developing highly advanced models, are expected to attend a working lunch today to speak about technology issues, including regulation, AI infrastructure and networks, Reuters previously reported.
Anthropic’s spokesperson did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Cybersecurity experts believe Anthropic’s Mythos, a model designed to find flaws in computer code, may turbocharge attacks on banks’ technology systems. The European Union is seeking access to Mythos to study the model's implications.
Prior to Trump’s order, Anthropic had given access to Mythos to select organisations in “more than 15 countries” so they may use the product to scan their computer systems for vulnerabilities, read a company statement.
The organisations included entities in the healthcare, communications, power and water sectors, according to the statement.
The news of the “trusted partners” scheme was first reported by the Financial Times.
