Emmanuel Macron is hosting a working session on Wednesday in Evian, in the French Alps, devoted to securing artificial intelligence in the presence of world tech leaders, on the last day of a G7 summit which will continue for Donald Trump with a dinner under the gold of the Palace of Versailles.
On digital matters, the United States is in unison with Germany, Canada, France, Italy, Japan and the United Kingdom on the principle of protecting minors and banning social networks for those under 15 or 16 years old. A statement should even be published to this effect on Wednesday.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced on Monday that the United Kingdom would ban under-16s from using social media. France wants to pass similar legislation.
The G7 countries, however, differ on the questions of digital taxation and regulation of the sector.
Even before his arrival in France, Donald Trump, determined to defend the interests of the world's leading power, threatened to impose 100% customs duties on French wine if Paris does not lift its tax on the income of major technology groups, including Apple and Google. or even Meta.
France has invited several "global tech leaders", including the Americans Sam Altman and Dario Amodei, respective bosses of OpenAI and Anthropic, and the Frenchman Arthur Mensch, founder of Mistral AI, for a working lunch where the subject will be discussed.
The issue of digital taxes is sensitive for the American president, who enjoys the strong support of several powerful bosses in the sector. Canada had to give it up last year in order to save its trade negotiations with Washington.
The shadow of Anthropic will loom large over the discussions in Evian, a spa resort in Haute-Savoie.
The Trump administration last week ordered the American artificial intelligence start-up to suspend "any foreign national" from access to its two most powerful models, Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5, citing "national security".
- Digital Hormuz -
This injunction caused France to suddenly become aware of the country's vulnerability.
“The AI war has already begun,” responded former Prime Minister Gabriel Attal. "We cannot count on others because that makes us vulnerable, the United States' decision shows it," he added, warning: "Anthropic is their Strait of Hormuz."
“We have mastered neither the models nor the calculation” of AI, “as essential as electricity or the internet,” warned former Prime Minister Edouard Philippe.
Response from the French government: French domestic intelligence (DGSI) will break with Palantir, whose co-founder Peter Thiel is close to American President Donald Trump. Palantir will be replaced by the company
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