Canada's Prime Minister Says U.S. AI Export Controls Highlight Dependence Risks

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Sunday that U.S. restrictions on advanced artificial intelligence models show the risks of relying on a small number of American providers. Carney made the remarks in Ireland before traveling to the Group of 7 summit in Evian-les-Bains, France. He said artificial intelligence will be a major topic at the Monday night session.

Anthropic, based in San Francisco, said Friday that it had taken its newest models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, offline to comply with a Trump administration directive. The directive bars use of the models by foreign nationals. The company released Fable widely last week. Mythos, announced April 7, remains limited to select customers because of its ability to identify computer vulnerabilities.

"The situation we're in collectively right now with Mythos and Fable is something that can happen with overreliance on certain models," Carney said. " Carney said he spent 45 minutes discussing AI with French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday night.

He added that the summit will not produce a final resolution because the issues are complex. Carney also linked the U.S. measures to Canada's goal of doubling non-U.S. exports within the next decade. Discussions on renewing the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement are scheduled at the summit between Canadian and U.S. negotiators.