EU's Vestager meets French tech firm Mistral AI amid competition concerns
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European Union antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager, who has been looking into Big Tech's partnerships with AI start-ups, met on Friday fast-growing French start-up company Mistral AI and said the sector needs more competition. In February, Microsoft invested $16 million in Mistral AI and partnered with them to make its artificial intelligence models available through its Azure platform. It has also invested in ChatGPT owner OpenAI. Other high-profile AI partnerships include Amazon and Google's...

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