Decoder with Nilay Patel The AI industry is at a major crossroads
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Oct 9, 2025 Kanjun Qiu, CEO of Imbue and AI industry expert, dives into the intersection of AI and societal impacts. He discusses the potential of ChatGPT apps as platform centralizers and warns of control issues tied to decentralization. Qiu explores the implications of AI-generated content through OpenAI's Sora, debating its influence on creativity and responsibilities in the digital age. He emphasizes the urgency for better regulations in AI hiring practices and advocates for empowering users to reshape technology's power dynamics.
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AI At A Crossroads Between Open And Closed
- AI platforms risk becoming new walled gardens that lock users into a single provider and ecosystem.
- That centralization threatens users' control over digital environments as incentives diverge from users' interests.
Modify Software At Point Of Use
- Lower barriers to building software with AI could let users modify tools at the point of use and reduce dependency on designers.
- Enabling personal modification could recreate the move from time-shared systems to personal computing freedom.
App Store Ban Shows Platform Power
- Imbue launched Sculptor, a Mac coding-agent app, and briefly got banned from the Apple App Store during registration.
- The team had to pull internal strings at Apple to resolve the ban, illustrating central-platform power.