That effort “did not reach a successful conclusion” because the U.S. wanted to pursue its own approach, the French minister said. President Donald Trump’s Super Intelligence Force, saying it brings government and industry together to accelerate innovation and ensure the safe deployment of models. France, which holds the rotating presidency of the G7 for 2026, issued a chair’s summary statement after the Oct. 20 virtual G7 tech ministerial, which noted that ministers considered closer coordination on identifying risks and sharing incident information, as well as a dedicated high-level group.
It was not a joint statement endorsed by all G7 members. Le Hénanff has proposed resuming talks in December. Trump began promoting “super intelligence” as a replacement for “artificial intelligence” at the U.N.
General Assembly in late September. A week later, he ordered federal agencies to use the new term. G7 ministers in May agreed to discuss secure AI and risk assessment, which was followed by the G7 leaders meeting the following month in Évian.
But the stakes have risen as advanced AI systems gain unprecedented cyber capabilities that can be used for both attack and defense. In July, Hugging Face disclosed an intrusion driven by an autonomous AI agent. OpenAI later said models used in an internal cybersecurity test had bypassed controls and compromised parts of its own research infrastructure and Hugging Face’s systems.
Le Hénanff said France would keep pushing the issue, citing INESIA, France’s national AI evaluation and safety institute, and Inria, its public research institute for digital science and technology, as resources for the work. The White House official said: “Under President Trump’s leadership, America will continue to lead the world in SI innovation.”
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