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'The AI-pocalypse is a mirage distracting us from AI's unsustainable development'

The highly hypothetical dangers of AI overshadow the very real environmental, social and political risks, writes Stéphane Foucart in his op-ed.

'The AI-pocalypse is a mirage distracting us from AI's unsustainable development'

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Mistral AI raises €3B led by Samsung: how sovereign is it?

Mistral AI announced a €3 billion Series D on September 8, 2026, at a post-money valuation of more than €21 billion, to build "sovereign, open-weight AI" for Europe.

  • Mistral AI raises €3B in Series D led by Samsung, post-money valuation over €21B
  • CEO Arthur Mensch targets $1B annual recurring revenue before year-end
  • Sovereign AI aims for European data residency and open-weight model publishing

2026 in LLMs (so far)

On Friday I gave the closing keynote at the WeAreDevelopers World Congress North America in San Jose. I tied together the key trends from the past year into a chronological exploration of everything…

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