France bets on homegrown startup Mistral to lead in AI and counter U.S. tech giants
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Mistral, a French A.I. start-up founded last year, is seen as a promising challenger to OpenAI and Google in developing A.I. technology.
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The French government has singled out Mistral as its best hope to create an A.I. leader and lobbied the EU to help ensure the firm's success.
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Policymakers worry that without a European A.I. champion, tech giants like Microsoft and Google will set global A.I. standards that don't align with European values.
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Mistral's 31-year old CEO, Arthur Mensch, believes it's not safe to let U.S. tech firms alone dictate ground rules for powerful new A.I. technologies.
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There are concerns over which A.I. models will influence the world and how they should be regulated.