WESTPORT, Ireland (AP) 鈥� Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Sunday U.S. restrictions on Anthropic鈥檚 newest AI models show the dangers of overreliance on a limited number of American providers.
said Friday it has taken its latest artificial intelligence models, known as Fable 5 and Mythos 5, with a directive from the Trump administration to prevent their use by foreign nationals.
The export controls mark the U.S. government鈥檚 most significant step to date to restrict access to the most advanced AI models. Anthropic released Fable widely this week. That model is a limited version of the even more advanced Mythos, to which the company has tightly limited access due to cybersecurity fears.
鈥淭he situation we鈥檙e in collectively right now with Mthos and Fable is something that can happen with overreliance on certain models鈥� Carney said. “Nobody has done anything wrong in the situation. But we will have done something wrong if we just accept this, don鈥檛 take the lesson, don鈥檛 build out and diversify.鈥�
Carney made the comments in Ireland ahead of the G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains, France. He said artificial intelligence will be one of the major discussions on Monday night.
Anthropic, based in San Francisco, California, has said the new Mythos model it announced on April 7 is so 鈥渟trikingly capable鈥� that it is limiting its use to select customers because of its ability to surpass human cybersecurity experts in finding and exploiting computer vulnerabilities.
鈥淵ou鈥檒l hear me say this over and over again. It is never a good idea to have one option,鈥� Carney said.
Carney said he spent 45 minutes talking with French President Emmanuel Macron about artificial intelligence on Friday night. He said there 鈥渨ill not be a mission accomplished banner鈥� that comes out of the summit because the issues are complex.
Carney linked the U.S. AI curbs to Canada鈥檚 push to diversify trade and technology. Moret than 70% of Canada鈥檚 exports go to the U.S. and Carney has set a goal for Canada to double its non-U.S. exports in the next decade. Trump鈥檚 trade war is causing a chill in investment.
Carney doesn’t have a bilateral meeting scheduled with Trump at the G7 despite the free trade agreement between U.S., Canada and Mexico being up for renewal. He said USMCA discussions will be held at the summit among Dominic LeBlanc, the minister responsible for U.S. trade, Janice Charette, Canada鈥檚 chief negotiator, and U.S. Trade Ambassador Jamieson Greer and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
鈥淭he right way to do it at this stage, will be between the principal negotiators, which is going to happen in Evian,鈥� he said.
Carney visited his family鈥檚 ancestral village of Aghagower, Ireland earlier Sunday. Carney鈥檚 grandfather, Robert Carney, and grandmother, Nora Moran, were both from the town in County Mayo, and immigrated to Canada in the 1920s.
Owen Morgan was with his 17-month-old son, Malachy Morgan — who was wearing Montreal Canadiens jersey — and said people in Mayo county are very proud of Carney.
鈥淧eople are very impressed,鈥� Morgan said. 鈥淗e鈥檚 very much standing up for Canadians and I think that鈥檚 very much admired.鈥�
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