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Mistral AI CEO Mensch says Europe must choose its own AI path, back sovereign compute

Mistral AI CEO Arthur Mensch said Europe should "in all independence" choose how to grow its AI ecosystem, defended open-weight models and urged European cloud partners for sovereign compute, while calling the EU AI Act "workable" for his firm.

Verified Opinion AI-drafted Time Magazine interview, 4 August 2024

What the source does not establish. This does not establish any new funding, product launch or policy change, only Mensch's own stated position.

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