# Bad Influence story: Tim O'Reilly argues AI's killer app has not arrived yet

Active · 1 article · 1 source · First reported 11-11 10:43. Times are ET.
Story page: https://badinfluence.news/story/69cdf363-b92c-439b-b2dd-c016e828e39e

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Latest update (11-11 10:43): Tim O'Reilly asks whether AI's killer app has arrived yet

Overview: Tim O'Reilly, writing on O'Reilly Radar, says AI's killer app may not have arrived yet. He compares today's chatbots and coding agents with the browser and BASIC-era tools that preceded the breakthrough applications of earlier platform cycles, and argues that AI's timeline roughly matches those past cycles.

O'Reilly says the next wave of applications may be held back by missing mechanisms for payments, identity and accountability for agents.

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1. 11-11 10:43 · O'Reilly Radar · [Tim O'Reilly asks whether AI's killer app has arrived yet](https://badinfluence.news/items/gvjtzlxnzc1u6dzroyyuorjh8)
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