Comment by Anthony Albanese

31st Prime Minister of Australia (Labor); MP for Grayndler
We're developing sovereign AI capabilities so we're not caught between the hyperscalers and the hegemons. AI Verified source (2026)
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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 · 18d ago
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