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U.S. allies are in a state of agitation following the Donald Trump administration's issuance of export control guidelines that restrict foreign institutions and individuals from accessing Anthropic's latest artificial intelligence (AI) models, "Mythos 5" and "Fable 5."
Allied nations, which have heavily relied on the U.S. for AI technology, are realizing the urgent need to develop their own capabilities after witnessing that the U.S. can cut off access whenever it chooses.
French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu announced on June 16 (local time) that France would adopt an AI model based on the technology of the domestic AI startup "Mistral AI."
He added that the French intelligence agency, DGSI, has also selected the French firm ChapsVision as a partner, replacing the U.S. software company Palantir.
"France must possess its own AI tools," Prime Minister Lecornu emphasized. "As we have witnessed in recent days, we cannot rely solely on the goodwill of certain partners for our AI models."
Gabriel Attal, the presidential candidate for France's centrist Renaissance party, also declared last weekend that "the AI war has already begun."
His far-left rival, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, also stated, "I will not allow France to become a digital colony of the United States."
AI has also been selected as a key topic at the Group of Seven (G7) summit currently being held in Évian, France.
Bloomberg reported that G7 leaders will engage in in-depth discussions regarding the new opportunities and potential risks that AI brings, particularly in the financial sector.
Mathilde Bellier, a researcher studying U.S. technology strategy at the French Institute for International Relations (IFR), assessed that "this restriction measure has turned a risk that everyone outside the U.S. had been concerned about into reality."
Alexandra Geese, a German member of the European Parliament, said in a statement, "The U.S. restriction measure shows that the U.S. government views Europe not as a friend or ally, but as an enemy."
The governments of the United Kingdom, Canada, and Belgium have also voiced their concerns.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney stated that this measure demonstrates how vulnerable a nation becomes when it is overly dependent on specific AI models.
Dex Hunter-Torricke, head of the London-based non-profit organization "Center for the Future," pointed out that a similar pattern could emerge in future technology fields where the U.S. and China hold a distinct advantage, such as nuclear fusion or commercial quantum computing.
A former Google DeepMind employee, he emphasized, "We will be at the mercy of the whims and interests of the U.S. and Chinese governments," adding, "National leaders must acknowledge that we need something different if we are to maintain our autonomy in the future."
Joelle Pineau, Chief AI Scientist at Cohere, a competitor to Anthropic, stated that her company has been receiving significant interest from abroad following the U.S. restrictions on Anthropic.
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