The U.K.'s Competition and Markets Authority cleared Microsoft's AI partnership with Mistral of regulatory concerns after previously inviting views on whether the arrangement qualified as a merger.
French AI startup Mistral has released a slew of updates to its product portfolio as it looks to stay competitive in the cutthroat AI space. Mistral's Le Chat chatbot platform can now search the web — ...
Mistral, the company sometimes considered Europe's great hope for AI, is releasing several updates to its AI assistant, Le Chat. In addition to a major web interface upgrade, the company is releasing ...
For frontier AI models, when it rains, it pours. Mistral released a fresh new flagship model on Wednesday, Large 2, which it claims to be on par with the latest cutting-edge models from OpenAI and ...
French AI startup Mistral is releasing its own "vibe coding" client, Mistral Code, to compete with incumbents like Windsurf, Anysphere's Cursor, and GitHub Copilot. Mistral Code, a fork of the open ...
Mistral Code is an AI-powered coding assistant for enterprises, offering secure, customizable, in-IDE support and on-prem deployment options. French AI startup Mistral has introduced Mistral Code, its ...
French AI lab Mistral AI is in early discussions to raise about €3 billion ($3.5 billion), Bloomberg reported Friday, citing anonymous sources. The funding round would value the company at around €20 ...
Swiss AI lab Giotto.ai is seeking to raise funding at a valuation above $1 billion, pitching itself as Europe’s latest contender in the race for artificial general intelligence (AGI), people familiar with the matter told Reuters.
Mistral Vibe packs agentic work automation and cloud coding into one assistant, with strong privacy guarantees and API ...
Microsoft has appointed DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman as the head of a newly created consumer AI unit and hired several employees of his Inflection AI startup, seeking to defend its lead against rising competition from Google.
Deutsche Telekom will join forces with Nvidia to establish an artificial intelligence cloud for European manufacturers in Germany, the companies said on Friday.
France will deliver radar and air defence systems to Ukraine in the coming weeks, in particular to help Ukraine protest itself from drone and missile attacks, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday.
The boom in artificial intelligence will increase banks' dependence on big U.S. tech firms, creating new risks for the industry, European banking executives said.
The foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan met on Monday in Iran, their first talks since Azerbaijan secured control over the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, with Russia saying the main issue had been resolved pending further work on a peace treaty.
Italy's Domyn will release a fully open-source AI model within a year, aiming to build one of the most advanced so-called "frontier" systems available, CEO Uljan Sharka said on Thursday.
France's Socialists sought major budget concessions on Wednesday from new Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu, who needs support from other parties to pass laws, in talks that could shape the final years of President Emmanuel Macron's second term.
Alphabet unit Google enjoys a competitive edge in generative artificial intelligence due to its trove of data and AI-optimised chips, Microsoft has told EU antitrust regulators, underscoring the rivalry between the two tech giants.
Nvidia will build its first artificial intelligence cloud platform for industrial applications in Germany, CEO Jensen Huang said at the VivaTech conference in Paris on Wednesday.
OpenAI and Anthropic are teaming up with buyout shops and others to help install and tailor artificial intelligence. The backers inject a combined $5 bln in cash, and plenty of customers to underpin revenue. The problem: JVs often fail, and outsiders prefer neutral advisers.
More tankers carrying liquefied natural gas are diverting towards Asia as buyers scramble for replacement cargoes after the Middle East war halted tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz and disrupted supplies from Qatar, the world's second-largest seller of the fuel.
Serbia on Thursday signed a landmark agreement with France's Dassault Aviation for the purchase of 12 new Rafale fighter jets for 2.7 billion euros ($2.99 billion).
Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz is in talks to lead an outsized early stage funding round of former OpenAI chief technology officer Mira Murati's startup, according to four sources familiar with the matter.
Hg-backed Visma is delaying its IPO until at least 2027, as the AI-driven selloff depresses tech valuations. It follows similar moves by Blackstone. Private equity groups that spent over $220 bln on a now-embattled sector will find it harder to return cash to investors.
Europe on Friday moved a step closer to adopting rules governing the use of artificial intelligence and AI models such as Microsoft-backed ChatGPT after EU countries endorsed a political deal reached in December.
Britain and Germany's leaders agreed in Berlin on Wednesday to work on an ambitious treaty covering issues from defence to trade that would be part of a reset of British relations with the European Union.
Ukraine is developing a large language model using Google's open-weight Gemma framework, aiming to create an independent system for artificial intelligence operations amid rising demand across military and civilian sectors, the country's digital ministry and mobile operator Kyivstar said on Monday.
Anthropic is calling on major artificial intelligence labs to consider a coordinated and verifiable pause in development, warning that rapid advances in the technology could soon allow AI systems to improve themselves faster than society can manage the risks.
EU lawmakers halted talks on the bloc's landmark Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act on Thursday, agreeing to resume discussions on Friday after they failed to reach a deal during almost 24 hours of negotiations.