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G7 leaders at Kananaskis agree AI statement with a GovAI Grand Challenge

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G7 leaders meeting under Canada’s presidency in Kananaskis, Alberta, issued the Leaders’ Statement on AI for Prosperity on 17 June 2025. It launches a G7 GovAI Grand Challenge with Canada hosting Rapid Solution Labs, a G7 AI Network for government AI tools and an AI Adoption Roadmap for small firms, and asks for a workplan on AI and energy by the end of 2025.

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G7 governments turned their AI agenda toward public-sector use and small-business adoption, with Canada running the challenge for government AI projects.

When
17 Jun 2025
ID
WTA-N-2025-0104
Who
G7; Mark Carney

Summary by wheresthe.ai, from G7 Leaders’ Statement on AI for Prosperity and the reporting credited above. Checked against the source on 9 Oct 2026.

Source copy: download the page as saved on 18 Oct 2026 (PDF). Also held by the Internet Archive.

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WTA-N-2025-0104: “G7 leaders at Kananaskis agree AI statement with a GovAI Grand Challenge.” wheresthe.ai, 17 Jun 2025. https://wheresthe.ai/d/intl-g7-kananaskis-ai-for-prosperity-2025-06/ (source: G7 Leaders’ Statement on AI for Prosperity (text in The World and Japan database)).

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