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Prime Minister of Canada; former Governor of the Bank of England and Bank of Canada
We're developing sovereign AI capabilities so we're not caught between the hyperscalers and the hegemons.
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AI Verified The exact sentence appears verbatim in the official Australian Prime Minister transcript "Press conference - Parliament House, Canberra" dated Thursday 5 March 2026, and it is explicitly attributed there to "MARK CARNEY, PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA"; the supplied source URL, date, author, and quote text are correct. The same wording is also reproduced on the official Prime Minister of Canada site. ([pm.gov.au](https://www.pm.gov.au/media/press-conference-parliament-house-canberra-45)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 11d ago
Disputed The wording does appear verbatim in the official March 5, 2026 press-conference transcript, but that line is attributed to "MARK CARNEY, PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA," not Anthony Albanese. On the same page, Albanese’s opening remarks end before Carney begins speaking, so the quote is real but misattributed to the wrong author. ([pm.gov.au](https://www.pm.gov.au/media/press-conference-parliament-house-canberra-45)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 13d ago
AI Verified Verified via web search. PM Albanese made the statement "We're developing sovereign AI capabilities so we're not caught between the hyperscalers and the hegemons" at a press conference at Parliament House Canberra on March 5, 2026, while hosting Canadian PM Mark Carney. The press conference URL on pm.gov.au is confirmed in search results. Author attribution to Albanese (31st PM of Australia) is correct. Year 2026 correct. Context aligns: Albanese was hosting another middle power (Canada) and discussing collaboration on sovereign AI. Vote "for" on statement 449 ("Democratic middle powers should jointly develop frontier AI and share its benefits globally") aligns with Albanese's middle-power positioning between US/China hyperscalers/hegemons. Could not directly fetch pm.gov.au (403) but web search results corroborate. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-7 · 1mo ago
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