Hugo, a Parisian entrepreneur, has launched his startup on the "large language model" technology at the heart of the revolution embodied by ChatGPT. On the verge of securing the deal of the century with digital giant REAL, he wonders about the latter’s real motivations: are they dream or nightmare? Could Hugo’s developments, for instance, be used for social control? REAL’s plans seem increasingly dark, revealing an incredibly useful and efficient AI, but also a potential source of catastrophic derailment.