CEO of German generative AI startup Black Forest Labs, Robin Rombach, is pictured at the company's headquarters in Freiburg im Breisgau, southwestern Germany on September 15, 2026. A leading European AI startup has urged the region to view artificial intelligence with more optimism or risk falling further behind, despite growing warnings about the technology's dangers. (Photo by Silas Stein / AFP via Getty Images)

CEO of German generative AI startup Black Forest Labs, Robin Rombach, is pictured at the company's headquarters in Freiburg im Breisgau, southwestern Germany on September 15, 2026. A leading European AI startup has urged the region to view artificial intelligence with more optimism or risk falling further behind, despite growing warnings about the technology's dangers. (Photo by Silas Stein / AFP via Getty Images)

CEO of German generative AI startup Black Forest Labs, Robin Rombach, is pictured at the company's headquarters in Freiburg im Breisgau, southwestern Germany on September 15, 2026. A leading European AI startup has urged the region to view artificial intelligence with more optimism or risk falling further behind, despite growing warnings about the technology's dangers. (Photo by Silas Stein / AFP via Getty Images)

CEO of German generative AI startup Black Forest Labs, Robin Rombach, is pictured at the company's headquarters in Freiburg im Breisgau, southwestern Germany on September 15, 2026. A leading European AI startup has urged the region to view artificial intelligence with more optimism or risk falling further behind, despite growing warnings about the technology's dangers. (Photo by Silas Stein / AFP via Getty Images)

CEO of German generative AI startup Black Forest Labs, Robin Rombach, is pictured at the company's headquarters in Freiburg im Breisgau, southwestern Germany on September 15, 2026. A leading European AI startup has urged the region to view artificial intelligence with more optimism or risk falling further behind, despite growing warnings about the technology's dangers. (Photo by Silas Stein / AFP via Getty Images)

CEO of German generative AI startup Black Forest Labs, Robin Rombach, is pictured at the company's headquarters in Freiburg im Breisgau, southwestern Germany on September 15, 2026. A leading European AI startup has urged the region to view artificial intelligence with more optimism or risk falling further behind, despite growing warnings about the technology's dangers. (Photo by Silas Stein / AFP via Getty Images)

CEO of German generative AI startup Black Forest Labs, Robin Rombach, is pictured at the company's headquarters in Freiburg im Breisgau, southwestern Germany on September 15, 2026. A leading European AI startup has urged the region to view artificial intelligence with more optimism or risk falling further behind, despite growing warnings about the technology's dangers. (Photo by Silas Stein / AFP via Getty Images)

CEO of German generative AI startup Black Forest Labs, Robin Rombach, is pictured at the company's headquarters in Freiburg im Breisgau, southwestern Germany on September 15, 2026. A leading European AI startup has urged the region to view artificial intelligence with more optimism or risk falling further behind, despite growing warnings about the technology's dangers. (Photo by Silas Stein / AFP via Getty Images)