Europe’s biggest AI lab doesn’t have the smartest model. It’s betting you don’t need it. – NBC News

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Hot off its first corporate showcase in Paris, Mistral, the crown jewel of France’s AI industry, is making a play for American banks, businesses and tech bros.
France’s leading AI company, Mistral, is named for the strong Mediterranean gusts that blow across southern France. Founded by a trio of machine learning engineers who worked at Facebook and Google, the company has surged in recent years to become the main European contender in the race to build generative AI systems.
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