AI sovereignty at G7: Europe’s structural complaint goes formal

European leaders arrived at Évian with a specific grievance: US AI export controls — including the Mythos export restrictions — have exposed European dependence on American cloud, chip, and AI infrastructure.

Cohere CEO Aidan Gomez (who acquired Aleph Alpha) framed the session goal as expanding sovereign AI ecosystem partnerships to all G7 nations. The EU AI Act high-risk compliance deadline of 2 August 2026 is six weeks away.

New today: CNBC reports that Mythos and GPT-5.5 Cyber export controls have “changed everything” in the transatlantic AI relationship; the G7 AI session made European tech sovereignty a diplomatic line item, not just a regulatory one.

Why it matters: ⚑ This is the GaaS/sovereign AI inflection playing out at head-of-state level — the architecture question (who controls the stack) is now a foreign policy question.
Sources: CNBC | AP via Mezha.net