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)

The logo of German AI startup Black Forest Labs is pictured at the company's headquarters in Freiburg, southwestern Germany on September 15, 2026. The 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)

An employee of AI startup Black Forest Labs, who is responsible for refining AI models, works at a computer at the company's headquarters in Freiburg, southwestern Germany on September 15, 2026. The 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)

A prototype slide is being produced using Rapid Liquid Printing (RLP), a suspension-based 3D printing technology, during the 'Home of Innovation (HOI) Experience' event of German sportswear manufacturer Adidas in Herzogenaurach, southern Germany, on September 25, 2026. The event offered insights into the Adidas archive and the Innovation Lab, with presentations of the latest innovations in shoes and apparel, as well as test demonstrations. (Photo by Daniel Karmann / AFP via Getty Images)

Participants walk during the Odoo Experience tech & business event, in Brussels on September 26, 2026. (Photo by NICOLAS MAETERLINCK / Belga / AFP via Getty Images) / Belgium OUT

Participants walk during the Odoo Experience tech & business event, in Brussels on September 26, 2026. (Photo by NICOLAS MAETERLINCK / Belga / AFP via Getty Images) / Belgium OUT