What I see happening soon is a deeper transition from playful whimsy to real applications with contractual obligations. Right now it's an unencumbered explorat

What I see happening soon is a deeper transition from playful whimsy to real applications with contractual obligations. Right now it's an unencumbered exploration with only a few requirements. The general public isn't too upset even if it blatantly feeds on copyrighted data [1] or attacks wikipedia with its AI crawlers [2]. The end state once legislation has had a chance to catch is breath looks more like Apple being forced to implement USB type C. [1] https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/02/why-the-new-york-times-might-win-its-copyright-lawsuit-against-openai/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/02/why-the-new-york... [2] https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2025/04/ai-bots-strain-wikimedia-as-bandwidth-surges-50/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2025/04/ai-bo...