Prime Minister Carney that the U.S. government’s restrictions on foreigners’ use of advanced artificial intelligence models once again highlight the risks of Canada’s over-reliance on U.S. technology suppliers. Previously, the US artificial intelligence company Anthropic announced that, to comply with the Trump administration’s latest export control order, it had suspended services for its latest AI models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5. These measures prohibit foreign citizens from using the technology, and even Anthropic’ s own foreign employees are restricted.
Carney pointed out that the incident reflects the potential risks faced when a country becomes overly reliant on a few technology suppliers. He stated, “The Mythos and Fable incidents perfectly illustrate that problems can arise at any time when we rely too heavily on certain models.” He emphasized that no one did anything wrong in this incident, but the real mistake would be if countries failed to learn from it, strengthen their independent development and diversification strategies.
Anthropic announced the release of Fable 5 last week, while the more powerful Mythos 5 is limited to a select group of customers due to cybersecurity risks. The company has stated that Mythos possesses extremely high capabilities, even surpassing some cybersecurity experts, in automatically discovering and exploiting vulnerabilities in computer systems.
Carney stated that artificial intelligence will be one of the key topics at the G7 summit. He revealed that he recently held a 45-minute meeting with French President Macron, focusing on AI development and regulation. However, he pointed out that the AI issue is extremely complex, and the summit is unlikely to reach a conclusion that can be described as “mission accomplished.”
He reiterated, “I will emphasize again and again that having only one option is never a good thing.”
Carney compared the U.S. AI restrictions to Canada’s strategy of promoting economic diversification. Currently, more than 70% of Canada’s exports rely on the US market, and the Carney government has set a goal to double exports to non-US markets over the next decade. He believes that the trade war launched by Trump has had a chilling effect on the investment market, and Canada must reduce its dependence on a single market and a single source of technology.
Although the USMCA is about to enter the renewal negotiation stage, Carney said there are no bilateral talks scheduled with Trump during this G7 summit. He pointed out that Canadian U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc, chief negotiator Janice Charette, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will conduct formal negotiations during the summit.
Carney believes that at this stage, it is the most appropriate arrangement for dedicated negotiating officials to handle the relevant issues. Earlier that day, Carney also visited his ancestral home in Aghagower, County Mayo, Ireland, and interacted with residents.
The residents said they were proud of Carney and admired his recent efforts to defend Canadian interests in the face of pressure from the United States.