Mistral AI has raised 723 million euros through debt financing from seven banks, including BNP Paribas and Bpifrance, to build a new data center near Paris. This facility will be equipped with 13,800 Nvidia GB300 chips, marking a significant step in establishing European AI infrastructure.
For many in Marseille, the far right in France's second city will be for ever associated with the killing of Ibrahim Ali. In 1995, the teenager was leaving a rap band rehearsal with friends when they crossed paths with three National Front militants who were putting up posters in support of the Front's founder and then leader, Jean-Marie Le Pen. Ibrahim was shot in the back as he ran to catch his bus.
Paris prosecutors have raided the French offices of Elon Musk's social media platform X as part of a widening criminal investigation into how content is recommended on the platform and the role played by its AI systems. Police specialising in cybercrime, assisted by Europol, carried out the raid, according to the Paris prosecutor's office. Investigators said the operation was linked to an inquiry into X's recommendation algorithm, which has now been expanded to include scrutiny of the company's AI chatbot, Grok.
The business is pulling its EMEA operations and activities back into its headquarters in Paris, France just seven months after it set up a London base. Executives in London were tasked with selling to media agencies the Adikteev's MotionLead technology, which creates bespoke mobile ad units, and it is understood that the first local campaigns for the formats had been secured.