---
title: "Trying to Control AI is Like Holding Sand"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/trying-to-control-ai-is-like-holding-sand-yjbq2gqzs
source_url: https://securityboulevard.com/2026/06/trying-to-control-ai-is-like-holding-sand
type: article
source: "Security Boulevard"
published: 2026-06-17T17:03:00.742Z
updated: 2026-07-02T02:12:36.260Z
tags: ["ai", "ai-governance", "cyber"]
reading_time: 6
upvotes: 0
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# Trying to Control AI is Like Holding Sand

**[Security Boulevard](https://daily.dev/sources/securityboulevard)** · 6 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

The Anthropic Fable model controversy has sparked a broader debate about whether AI can be controlled like physical strategic technologies. Experienced cybersecurity practitioners argue that restricting frontier AI models may weaken defenders more than attackers, since attackers don't comply with licensing or export rules. Drawing parallels to encryption export controls and DRM failures, the piece argues that software has always found ways to proliferate regardless of restrictions. The real takeaway may be that governments and enterprises need to rethink AI strategy around resilience and model portability rather than containment, as access to frontier AI is becoming a geopolitical variable.

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