--- format: "aidr-story-markdown/v1" id: "2845f78f57dc75562dec9ee6f49162ffab2038a098bc80feb36d7f70f7ce8695" canonical_url: "https://aidr.today/2845f78f?lang=en" title: "Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt calls OpenAI and Anthropic modern colonial trading companies" lang: "en" requested_lang: "en" available_langs: ["en","vi"] translation_fallback: null fallback_fields: [] published_at: "2026-10-25T08:09:32.000Z" category: "Industry" topics: ["openai","funding"] source_urls: ["https://the-decoder.com/ex-google-ceo-eric-schmidt-calls-openai-and-anthropic-modern-colonial-trading-companies/"] summary: "In Foreign Affairs, historian Niall Ferguson, researcher Lisa Klaassen, and former Google CEO Eric Schmidt describe the US and China as AI empires and other countries as dependencies. The race may be decided by funding rather than breakthroughs, with US corporations planning to spend more than $600 billion in 2026. However, mounting debt, protests against data centers, and a potential chip crisis over Taiwan could stall both superpowers." --- # Ex\-Google CEO Eric Schmidt calls OpenAI and Anthropic modern colonial trading companies > [Open the canonical story]() **Published:** 2026-10-25T08:09:32.000Z **Category:** Industry **Topics:** openai, funding ## Summary In Foreign Affairs, historian Niall Ferguson, researcher Lisa Klaassen, and former Google CEO Eric Schmidt describe the US and China as AI empires and other countries as dependencies\. The race may be decided by funding rather than breakthroughs, with US corporations planning to spend more than $600 billion in 2026\. However, mounting debt, protests against data centers, and a potential chip crisis over Taiwan could stall both superpowers\. ## Sources - [Story source]()