'A signal of where power sits': Trump and world leaders joined by OpenAI, Anthropic, Google at G7

[highplainsdem]

Source: CNBC

Chiefs of the world’s leading AI companies are descending on the G7 conference in France Wednesday, in a sign of their growing geopolitical influence as artificial intelligence rises to the top of the global agenda.

CEOs including OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Anthropic’s Dario Amodei, Google DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis, alongside around a dozen other tech leaders, will take part in a lunch meeting at the summit in Evian on Wednesday.

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“It just shows that in order to make credible commitments on AI, heads of state now need the cooperation, if not endorsement, of a handful of private sector executives actually building the technology,” Jessica Brandt, senior fellow for technology and national security at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), told CNBC.

“We’re seeing a shift in who gets a seat at the table and a signal of where power sits.”

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Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/17/g7-trump-ai-tech-leaders-openai-anthropic-google.html

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The article also quotes Emerson Brooking, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Institute, saying, "The frontier labs want to shape this debate before any binding rules exist."

The genAI tech lords should have been reined in long before this. It was stupid and reckless for governments to ever allow them to market anything called artificial intelligence that might hallucinate at any time, and that was trained on stolen intellectual property. And other problems with genAI have been obvious for years.

OpenAI's Sam Altman is a weasel, but he pulled off one of the greatest con jobs in history a few years ago, releasing ChatGPT so it could be used as a free cheating tool by students (the market least likely to notice all the genAI mistakes) and persuading many in politics and the media to treat him as the prophet/representative of an inevitable new world order.

[UpInArms]

1. AI is evil

This is going to end badly

[ananda]

2. No question.

That they're even there is a very bad sign.

[Ponietz]

3. End-to-end cyberattacks with no human assistance!

Fully autonomous drones! Struggling with that formula you wanted for that special “project”?
Subscribe now, just a dollar two ninety-eight!

[Bengus81]

7. What's evil is how those rich asshats want taxpayers to fund their data centers

600M gallons per year of water use and sky rocketing electric rates. While they laugh all the way to the Trillionaire bank.

[Karasu]

8. That is one of its MANY evil effects, yes...and likely the one thing capable of waking people up.

[patphil]

4. AI isn't inherently evil, but when it's used by people who are inherently evil, it becomes evil.

It's like guns. They aren't inherently evil. There are many reasonable, acceptable uses for guns. But they can be misused with catastropic results.
That's why there are/were gun laws. Unfortunately, many of those laws have been removed, and we see the results of that bad decision every day.
AI hasn't seen any laws to rein in it's blatant misuse. The longer we don't confront this issue, the more AI will be used to support the ends of the people who created, or use it.

Unregulated AI in the wrong hands is essentially a loaded gun that can do immense harm to people and the nation.

[Karasu]

9. Unless you live in the EU--where they have a charter on it--or the like, it is ALL unregulated...and these fascists are

trying incredibly hard to keep it that way forever by forcing regulation restrictions in whatever way they can.

[Multichromatic]

5. I don't think we should be having a meeting of the Fascist Corporate Overlords.

These corporations have no business being at the G7. They shouldn't even be allowed to attend. I don't want the TechBros trying to run our government or any other.

This is just grotesque corruption.

[Justice matters.]

6. BTW, if you have a Gmail account, you need to read this.

If you have a Gmail account and have not done it, you need to read this.

Google's AI now scans your emails and attachments, bank statements, tax files, medical letters, all of it. It's turned on by default, and there's a class-action lawsuit over how.

Here are 5 moves to shut it off, the switch is hidden in two places:

1. The Main Switch

This is the main setting Google shows you, but it's not the only one.

Gmail (Desktop):

⚙️ Settings → See all settings → Smart features and personalization → Uncheck "Turn on smart features in Gmail, Chat, and Meet" → Save Changes.

2. The Hidden Switch

Turning off the first setting isn't enough. Most people stop there.

On the same settings page: Google Workspace smart features → Manage Workspace smart feature settings → Turn off both checkboxes → Save.

Both settings need to be turned off.

3. Your Phone

The settings don't always sync between devices, so check the Gmail app separately.

Gmail app → Menu (☰ → Settings → Select your account → Turn off "Smart features and personalization" → Confirm.

4. Delete Gemini History

If you've used Gemini before, your chats may be saved, and some could be reviewed by humans.

Go to http://myactivity.google.com/product/gemini → Turn off Gemini Apps Activity → Delete Activity → All Time.

This removes your past Gemini chat history and stops future conversations from being saved.

5. Move Sensitive Emails

Turning off Gmail's smart features helps, but for truly private emails, consider using a separate service.

For medical, legal, or financial emails, use a free Proton Mail account. It offers end-to-end encryption and doesn't use AI to scan your emails.

Keep Gmail for newsletters, promotions, and less sensitive messages.

This is the kind of post people should save for later.