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AIHOT · Published on 2026-10-25 at 16:09

Schmidt and other scholars argue that OpenAI and Anthropic are becoming modern East India Companies

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Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and historian Niall Ferguson and others wrote in Foreign Affairs, comparing OpenAI and Anthropic to the East India Company of the colonial era, noting they sign with governments yet act as independent powers.

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