Ethan Mollick: AI Labs Will Enter Finance and Biotech as Internal-Model Gap Widens
emollick · x · 2026-10-24
- Ethan Mollick argues the gap between AI labs' internal models and public releases is growing due to safety concerns and research advantages.
- This makes it increasingly tempting for OpenAI and Anthropic to exploit that advantage directly by entering new markets, especially finance and biotech.
- This doesn't require training on customer data (which companies deny doing and often couldn't legally)—just recognition that competing directly in finance is more lucrative than licensing the capability to others.
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