France, US clash over G7 effort on AI safety
White House slams proposal by France for G7 oversight as “unnecessary bureaucracy.”
The United States has rejected a French proposal for the G7 to collaborate on advanced AI safety, dismissing it as "unnecessary bureaucracy," according to a White House official. French Digital Minister Anne Le Hénanff revealed that she had held two ministerial meetings in September and October to secure G7 commitments to a high-level working group for testing frontier AI models and sharing information about risks and incidents.
However, the U.S. declined to issue a joint statement with other G7 nations and requested a wait for their own assessment. Le Hénanff expressed regret over the outcome but stated that France would continue to work on the issue as Europeans. The White House official criticized the French government's proposal as a "poorly defined body" that could create unnecessary bureaucracy, citing President Donald Trump's Super Intelligence Force as an alternative approach.
Despite the disagreement, G7 ministers acknowledged the need for closer coordination on identifying risks and sharing incident information during a virtual tech ministerial meeting in October. France has proposed resuming talks in December, with Le Hénanff highlighting INESIA and Inria as resources for the work. The White House maintains that America will continue to lead in super intelligence innovation under Trump's leadership.
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