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Mistral AI, Microsoft talks overlapped with lobbying EU AI Act for looser rules (*corrects)

By Luca Bertuzzi ( June 5, 2024, 10:52 GMT | Insight) -- French artificial intelligence challenger Mistral AI was negotiating a partnership agreement with Microsoft while simultaneously lobbying fiercely to soften the EU’s new AI rulebook. The US tech giant's president said the investment talks took “some months of work” — a timeline that overlaps with the period when Mistral was lobbying to water down the draft legislation. The news could rekindle concerns that Mistral might have acted as a Trojan horse for Microsoft, wearing the hat of a European champion while preparing to partner with one of the biggest global AI investors.French artificial intelligence challenger Mistral AI was negotiating a partnership with Microsoft while simultaneously lobbying fiercely to soften the EU’s new AI rulebook. Brad Smith, the US tech giant's president, said talks with Mistral AI over his company's investment took “some months of work.”...

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