Carney’s Middle Powers Race to Thwart US-China Dominance of AI

In Canadian leader Mark Carney’s head-turning speech at Davos in January, he made almost a throwaway call for middle powers to ensure they aren’t “forced to choose between hegemons and hyper-scalers” on AI development.

That warning is becoming more urgent by the day. Anthropic PBC’s release of Mythos in April sent shockwaves around the world, with Canada, the European Union, Japan and a range of other governments seeking access to the model to prevent potential attacks on their financial systems.

The rapid pace of technological change exemplified by Mythos presents a dilemma for Carney’s “like-minded democracies” as well as ...