TechCrunch
6/17/2026

World leaders want US AI
Original: World leaders want American AI. They just don’t want America to be able to turn it off.
Short summary
At the G7 summit, French President Macron and Indian PM Modi warned that the U.S. could arbitrarily cut off access to American AI systems. The recent Anthropic blackout has made this concern concrete, raising questions about global AI supply-chain resilience and geopolitical leverage.
- •G7 leaders express concern about U.S. AI supply monopoly
- •Anthropic blackout demonstrates credible risk of AI access cutoffs
- •Geopolitical tensions rise over American AI control and sovereignty
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