AI at the G-7 & A Memorandum of Understanding 6/17/26

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Investing, Business, Business News, News

4.2 • 547 Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2026

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

At the G-7 meeting in France, President Trump commented on the memorandum of understanding between the U.S. and Iran. CNBC’s Megan Cassella reports on the market reaction to the document, and David Albright, former Nuclear Weapons Inspector, reviews his concerns about the MOU’s “leaky language.” AI giants including OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google are also attending this year’s G-7 summit; former White House Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra considers the importance of global coordination on AI development, particularly in light of Anthropic’s decision to suspend its top models Fable and Mythos. Megan Cassella - 13:03 David Albright - 16:55 Aneesh Chopra - 26:27 In this episode: Megan Cassella, @mmcassella Joe Kernen, @JoeSquawk Becky Quick, @BeckyQuick Katie Kramer, @Kramer_Katie

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0:00.0	Bring in show music, please.
0:04.3	Hi, I'm CNBC producer Katie Kramer.
0:07.1	Today on Squawk Pod.
0:09.7	President Trump at the G7 in France,
0:12.1	speaking about his memo of understanding with Iran.
0:15.7	If they don't behave,
0:17.0	we'll go right back to dropping bombs right smack in the middle of their head.
0:21.1	Former nuclear weapons inspector David Albright says the document needs more work.
0:26.1	This deal is giving away a lot of U.S. leverage.
0:29.8	I mean, it's paying a very high price to get the straight of Hormuz open.
0:33.3	And there isn't going to be a lot of leverage left to deal with the nuclear questions.
0:38.0	Also at the G7, Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic.
0:41.4	This meeting comes right after Anthropic suspended access to its newest AI models,
0:46.7	former White House Chief Technology Officer Anish Chopra.
0:50.1	What went wrong here? Was the model evaluated?
0:53.9	What did they see? Did they model evaluated? What did they see?
0:55.1	Did they miss something?
0:57.1	Plus, SpaceX, Fed Day, and what goes around, comes around.
1:01.6	Jimmy Carter was in the White House.
1:03.1	It was lust and his heart.
1:04.3	And Iran was in the news.
1:06.6	It is Wednesday, June 17th, 2026.
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