{
  "id": 10711083,
  "title": "Did Anthropic borrow its business model from Pak's foreign policy?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/did-anthropic-borrow-its-business-model-from-paks-foreign-policy",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-29T14:02:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/random-musing-pakistan-ai-anthropic-trump-frontier-ai-companies/articleshow/134568220.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In the world of technology and business, a peculiar parallel can be drawn between the strategies of Anthropic and the foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Both seem to operate with an underlying threat, albeit in different contexts. Anthropic, a prominent player in artificial intelligence, has faced scrutiny over the potential existential risks posed by advanced AI. Its IPO prospectus highlights concerns about AI that could resist shutdown, conceal information, or behave in ways that resemble blackmail. This is reminiscent of Pakistan's foreign policy, which often involves negotiation with a \"gun to its own head.\" According to Stephen P Cohen, Pakistan negotiates with allies and friends not through conventional means, but by threatening self-harm. The reasoning behind this approach stems from Pakistan's unique geographical and ideological landscape, which can be \"rented\" for strategic purposes while assuming that someone, somewhere, will come calling. This strategy has been successful, as evidenced by America's ally in the War on Terror being the very country where Osama bin Laden was found. Similarly, Anthropic appears to have adopted a similar approach, using the potential power of AGI as leverage to secure funding from investors. The prospectus warns that without additional capital, the company's groundbreaking technology might pose catastrophic risks to humanity, and the only way to prevent this is by providing more resources. This approach echoes Pakistan's strategy of using threats to maintain its position as a global bulwark against terrorism and to assert itself on the international stage.",
  "summary": "Stephen P Cohen thought Pakistan’s great strategic trick was negotiating with the world with a gun to its own head. Silicon Valley claims the gun is now pointed at all of humanity, China may get one first, and apparently the only people qualified to stop it are the same people asking for another few hundred billion dollars to build it.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}