Schmidt compares OpenAI, Anthropic to colonial firms
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Schmidt compares OpenAI, Anthropic to colonial firms
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In a Foreign Affairs essay, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, Niall Ferguson and Lisa Klaassen compare OpenAI and Anthropic to colonial-era East India Companies, framing the AI labs as "modern colonial trading companies." The comparison is the essay authors' own characterization, not a finding about the companies' conduct.
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- The DecoderEx-Google CEO Eric Schmidt calls OpenAI and Anthropic modern colonial trading companies
In a Foreign Affairs essay, Eric Schmidt, Niall Ferguson, and Lisa Klaassen compare OpenAI and Anthropic to colonial-era East India Companies.
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