That's unfair to Europe. A bunch of AI work is done in London (Deepmind is based here for a start)
Thats not the point.
Deepmind is not an UK company, its google aka US.
Mistral is a real EU based company.
Deepmind doesn't exist anymore.
Google DeepMind does exist.
That's ok. How could they know that there are companies like Aleph Alpha, Helsing or the famous DeepL. European companies are not that vocal, but that doesn't mean they aren't making progress in the field.
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