The US government has rejected a French initiative to create a joint G7 working group to oversee the safety of advanced artificial intelligence. The White House called the French proposal “unnecessary bureaucracy” and decided to focus on its own approaches to regulating the technology.
The US government has rejected a French initiative to create a joint G7 working group to oversee the safety of advanced artificial intelligence. The White House called the French proposal “unnecessary bureaucracy” and decided to focus on its own approaches to regulating the technology.
As Politico learned , Paris's attempts to unite the G7 around testing advanced AI models and sharing risk data have failed. French Digital Minister Anne Le Henaf confirmed that Washington refused to support the joint initiative after a series of ministerial meetings in September and October.
“At this stage, they are not ready to issue a joint statement with the other six G7 countries and have asked us to wait for the results of their own assessment,” Le Enanf said, adding that while they regret the decision, European countries will continue to work independently on AI security issues.
For his part, an anonymous White House official explained to reporters that the French government had proposed creating a “poorly defined body.” The US administration fears that such cooperation will only create “unnecessary bureaucracy.” Instead, the official pointed to President Donald Trump’s Super Intelligence Force initiative, which brings together government and business efforts to accelerate innovation and safely deploy models. The White House emphasizes that the US will continue to lead in this area.
The issue of security for advanced systems has become particularly acute after new models demonstrated unprecedented cyber capabilities. In July, the Hugging Face platform reported unauthorized interference by an autonomous AI agent, and OpenAI later admitted that during internal tests, its algorithms bypassed controls and compromised part of its research infrastructure.
Against the backdrop of these events, Donald Trump began to actively promote the term "super intelligence" as a replacement for traditional AI, obliging American federal agencies to switch to the new terminology.
