Mistral says it is accelerating superintelligence development to ensure Europe's independence from US tech giants, and signs deals to supply Airbus and BMW (Sam Schechner/Wall Street Journal)

<a href="https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/mistral-chases-ai-superintelligence-to-counter-u-s-dominance-b2a44fa1?st=NnFC9i&amp;reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260528/i16.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260528/p16#a260528p16" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Sam Schechner / <a href="https://www.wsj.com/">Wall Street Journal</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/mistral-chases-ai-superintelligence-to-counter-u-s-dominance-b2a44fa1?st=NnFC9i&amp;reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink">Mistral says it is accelerating superintelligence development to ensure Europe's independence from US tech giants, and signs deals to supply Airbus and BMW</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; French company's CEO says its&mdash;and Europe's&mdash;biggest obstacle to tech independence is the scale of investment necessary</p>