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He also forgot Europe in the equation. More and more companies use Chinese open models on European inference because of geopolitical concerns and data privacy, which could be a problem for the big US ai labs if they loose on the market.
I have lived both in the US and two European countries. Food quality is not even on the same scale. So much better in Europe, you can’t even compare, no wonder life expectancy is higher.
Exactly this! People compare to Europe as a whole when convenient and then cherry pick when it is inconvenient
This whole story that Europe suffers from overregulation is just in parts true, and mainly lazy thinking.
In fact there was a study by an American law school that came to the conclusion that the US has more bureaucracy than many European countries…
Recommended read: https://www.andybudd.com/archives/2026/04/the-lazy-myth-that...
Cool project
You are not up to date, this is already in legislation process and needs the vote of the parlaiment, highly likely it will come. There is also a simplification package and a migration pact. A lot is happening right now
It is partly located in the EU and primarily funded by European countries
FLUX by Black Forrest Labs would disagree there and it is built right in Germany.
Actually at MoE. Though Deepseek took that approach and improved it by a lot.
It does matter, for example for all countries that signed the ECHR. And most European countries even have more rights guaranteed by the state and by EU.
You are trying to move goalposts instead of trying to counter my arguments
Actually right now the reverse is happening. GDPR will become easier there is simplification coming, there will be less national goldplating
They do in many other areas. Look at ASML or look at chemicals
Yes but you can make the reverse argument as well: many US companies have offices in Europe and often their research departments.
This whole US vs Europe discussions are fruitless anyways
I don’t know why you think the American definition of human rights is universal?
It is. Look at the freedom of press index for example. And as the US doesn’t accept foreign courts, there is not really a legal apparatus against the state outside of the US, which many European countries do have.
Belarus is not part of the EU, nor did it sign many of the international human rights
I am not denying Mistral is not top tier anymore, (except OCR and STT for speed/efficency) just that the AI Act is not the reason they are not.
But we will see, they have very interesting Enterpise Use Cases, like with Mistral Forge.
And YannLeCun decided to build in Europe as well
European countries have higher freedom of press than the US. Bearing arms is not a human right in Europe, different culture.
Europe has more human rights protections than the US and stronger enforcement of them, even against the state, by many metrics. Freedom of expression ends where other human rights begin, is protecting hate speech and Holocaust denial really something worthwhile?
Bullshit. The AI Act is not the problem, Mistral models are definitely usable and some were/are competitive.
European future looks bright compared to the political landscape the US has now
Yes they do. twitter followed way less requests than X does
There is great cinema today, sadly a lot of great movies lack proper distribution. Go to film festivals, the quality of movies is only increasing
Fun fact: the parties that want this are actually those who criticise the EU the most
No wonder right wing parties are on the rise, sponsored by Russia.
It is sad how so many tech people try to avoid every form of social contact and even try to build a society around it (just look at meta)
Is this an ad? Seems like it. The text is not really what the headline suggests.
Still 90% cheaper than using AWS
Huggingface is the silent GOAT of the AI space, such a great community and platform
Just use pi, love it!
AI fake nudes were made from very real and very alive people
Educational nudity where the subject consented possible for teenagers over 16 in Germany (and the publication complied with the law) is not the same category as CSAM or non-consensual sexual imagery. In the former, misuse by a minority doesn’t automatically make the publication illegal. In the latter, the harm is intrinsic: a child cannot legally consent, and non-consensual sexual images are a direct rights violation.
I think you are trolling here.
First you defend CSAM, then we were talking about sexualised images of people without their consent, you were trying to diminish this as „just bikini“ pics