Clayton Collins
More details of a memorandum of understanding聽鈥 a preliminary agreement to end the Iran war聽鈥 emerged Wednesday as the curtain came down on the Group of Seven meeting of world leaders in the French Alps. Signal-switching on Ukraine was another feature of that summit: The United States first had 鈥渘othing to do鈥 with the Russia-Ukraine conflict, then backed a joint communiqu茅 about sanctions against Moscow.
The head of one AI juggernaut (OpenAI) met with G7 leaders. Meanwhile, we鈥檙e tracking the latest salvo in a running battle between a different AI colossus (Anthropic) and the U.S. government. Oh, and a parliamentary by-election in northwest England. Our top stories might appear to belong in set-apart silos, but where each of them goes next carries overlapping implications for international relations and for global security. Today, we examine the stakes.