Former central banker Mark Carney warned that U.S. export controls on Anthropic’s Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models underline the dangers of depending on a small number of U.S. AI providers. Anthropic pulled the models offline after a Trump administration directive limiting foreign access; Mythos was already tightly restricted over cybersecurity concerns. Speaking ahead of the G7 in Evian, Carney said the episode underscores Canada’s need to diversify trade and technology ties as it aims to double non-U.S. exports over the next decade.
Mark Carney: U.S. AI Export Curbs Expose Risks Of Relying On Few American Providers
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, front left, has a picture taken with Lily Meskil, 9 months and her grandfather Ger Basquel and mother Rachel Basquel, during a visit to Aughagower, Ireland, Sunday, June 14, 2026. (Andrew Downes/PA via AP)
WESTPORT, Ireland (AP) — Former central banker Mark Carney warned Sunday that recent U.S. restrictions on Anthropic’s newest artificial intelligence models highlight the risks of overreliance on a small number of American providers.
Anthropic said Friday it took its latest models, known as Fable 5 and Mythos 5, offline to comply with a Trump administration directive intended to prevent their use by foreign nationals. The move followed a wide rollout of Fable and continued tight controls on access to the more powerful Mythos model, which the company has limited because of cybersecurity concerns.
The export controls represent the most significant U.S. action so far to limit international access to the most advanced AI systems. Anthropic has said Mythos is "strikingly capable" and can outperform human cybersecurity experts in identifying and exploiting software vulnerabilities — a capability that has prompted the company to restrict access.
"The situation we're in collectively right now with Mythos and Fable is something that can happen with overreliance on certain models," Carney said. "Nobody has done anything wrong in the situation. But we will have done something wrong if we just accept this, don't take the lesson, don't build out and diversify."
Carney made the remarks in Ireland ahead of the G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains, France, where he said artificial intelligence would be a major topic. He also said he spent about 45 minutes discussing AI with French President Emmanuel Macron and cautioned that the summit would not produce simple solutions for complex technology and security challenges.
Linking the episode to broader economic strategy, Carney said the U.S. curbs reinforced Canada's push to diversify trade and technology ties. More than 70% of Canada's exports go to the U.S., and Carney has set a goal to double non-U.S. exports over the next decade amid concerns that recent U.S. trade policy has chilled investment.
Carney noted that formal negotiations on the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) would be handled by principal negotiators at the summit — including Canada’s lead trade officials and their U.S. counterparts — rather than through a bilateral meeting with President Trump.
Earlier Sunday, Carney visited Aghagower in County Mayo, Ireland, the ancestral village of his grandparents, Robert Carney and Nora Moran, who emigrated to Canada in the 1920s. Locals greeted him warmly; one resident praised Carney for "standing up for Canadians."
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