Generative AI is entering its protection racket phase as companies destabilize the open internet, try and sell us a fix, and in so doing threaten the whole ecosystem that built the open internet. I talk about it here for Fast Company. * I brainstormed and wrote about half of this bad boy with a baby asleep on my chest, just using my iPhone. Embrace iPhone writing. Sometimes, it’s the only way. https://www.fastcompany.com/91637523/ais-new-business-model-break-the-internet-then-sell-the-fix