The AI industry is moving at breakneck speed, and this week proved why both sides of the growth debate are right to be worried. OpenAI locked in licensing deals with outlets like Axios while shopping deals to publishers to formalize the training data question that's been at the heart of copyright litigation. Meanwhile, Nvidia committed up to one hundred billion dollars or more to co-invest in OpenAI's data center infrastructure, a signal that this relationship has moved beyond customer and supplier into strategic partnership. Anthropic is targeting a two trillion dollar valuation, betting that safety and alignment are now premium features the market will pay for. But trust is fracturing. Anthropic's CEO publicly named a crisis of confidence in the AI industry, even as researchers inside OpenAI claim major AGI milestones have already been quietly  ...