Carney Says Anthropic Ban Shows Risk of Relying on Big AI Models

Prime Minister Mark Carney said the US export ban blocking all foreign access to Anthropic PBC’s latest artificial intelligence models underscores the risk of depending on just a handful of powerful AI tools.

“The situation we’re in collectively right now with Mythos and Fable is something that can happen with over-reliance on certain models,” Carney told reporters Sunday during a visit to Ireland, referring to the AI models’ names.

“Nobody’s done anything wrong in this situation, but we will have done something wrong if we just accept this, don’t take the lesson, don’t build out and diversify,” he said. ...