Will the labs devour the apps that run on their models?
|SAN FRANCISCO|5 min read
IN THE USUALLY gossipy world of Silicon Valley, something strange is happening. It is hard to find a generative artificial-intelligence entrepreneur with a bad word to say about anyone. This may be an age thing. Many of those launching AI startups were born after sci-fi dystopias like “The Matrix” (né 1999) and are young enough to still believe AI will be a force for good for everyone. To them, even the word “frenemy” sounds too red in tooth and claw.
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This article appeared in the Business section of the print edition under the headline “The Cronos syndrome”
From the October 25th 2025 edition
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