by Raphael Dudler | Jun 19, 2026 | europe & ai
The 52nd G7 Summit closed today at Évian-les-Bains after three days of negotiations under French presidency. Nine declarations were adopted. A dedicated working lunch on “Ensuring the safe, rapid and effective deployment of artificial intelligence” brought G7 leaders together with business executives. President Macron held the closing press conference. President Trump defended his Iran deal as allies pressed for details. gafam.ai examines what the Évian outcomes actually mean for European AI policy — and what they conspicuously omit.
by Raphael Dudler | Jun 17, 2026 | europe & ai
The G7 Summit concludes today in Évian-les-Bains. France hosted three AI CEOs in the same room for the first time in history. The declaration on protecting minors online is real and binding. The transatlantic AI sovereignty conversation produced voluntary commitments and rhetoric. Both Anthropic and OpenAI confidentially filed S-1 IPO documents during the summit week. gafam.ai’s honest assessment of what Europe actually achieved — and what it once again left on the table.
by Raphael Dudler | Jun 15, 2026 | gafam watch
From today through Wednesday, the G7 Summit in France hosts an unprecedented event: Sam Altman of OpenAI, Dario Amodei of Anthropic and Demis Hassabis of Google DeepMind appear together before the leaders of the world’s largest democracies — for the first time in history. Three rival frontier AI lab CEOs. Seven world leaders. Three days. And simultaneously: Anthropic’s senior staff is in Washington trying to reverse the US export ban that locked European users out of Claude Fable 5 last Friday. gafam.ai’s European analysis of the diplomatic moment that defines AI governance for the rest of the decade.
