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Trump Says Anthropic Talks Are Ongoing at G7 Amid AI Access Fight

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President Trump said negotiations with Anthropic were "going fine" during a G7 summit in Evian, France, after meeting with the company's CEO Dario Amodei. The public signal came as the administration's restrictions on foreign access to Anthropic's most advanced models—identified as Fable 5 and Mythos 5—remained unresolved. Trump had previously ordered Anthropic to block foreign nationals from accessing these systems, prompting the company to disable access for all users the following Friday. The G7 meeting marked the first public encounter between Trump and Amodei since the order.

The precise terms under negotiation and any potential resolution timeline remain unclear. It is also unknown whether Trump's characterization of talks as "going fine" reflects movement toward lifting the restrictions or simply maintaining dialogue.

Attorneys advising AI companies, foreign tech firms, or allied governments should monitor how this dispute develops. The issue has escalated from a company-level access problem into a geopolitical flashpoint at a summit of major democracies, with allied nations reportedly concerned about losing access to leading AI tools. The outcome will likely shape how the Trump administration enforces national security restrictions on frontier AI exports and whether other companies face similar directives. The administration's framing of the restrictions as a national security matter suggests this reflects broader policy on AI model access, not an isolated dispute with Anthropic.

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