TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney warned Thursday that foreign artificial intelligence platforms could be used against Canadians.Carney said the defining technology of our era is here and said Canada is too dependent on foreign suppliers. He made the remarks while unveiling his government’s strategy on AI.Carney warned at the World Economic Forum in Davos earlier his year that global hegemons like the United States have used economic integration to bully smaller countries. He noted Thursday that most of the data used in AI goes across the border.As with other forms of economic integration like supply chains, Carney said AI could be weaponized against Canadians.“That creates real risks that foreign entities could access Canadian data, deploy AI products that shape Canadian lives without reflecting our values,” Carney said. “And tilt the playing field against Canadian firms — while Canada lacks the leverage to push back or the ability to control.”
The government’s strategy notes “AI is a game of scale that is dominated by hegemons and hyperscalers” and said this “poses a significant security and economic challenge as countries around the globe risk becoming subordinate or reliant on them.”
