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Daphne Leprince-Ringuet

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French Technology Reporter at Sifted

Paris-based French tech reporter for @Siftedeu. Previously @ZDNet and @WiredUK. Views my own Tips and stories: [email protected] // Signal +33 6 31 99 74 65

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  • 5 days ago | sifted.eu | Daphne Leprince-Ringuet |Kai Nicol-Schwarz

    Some of the AI models built by buzzy French startup Mistral are significantly more likely to produce child sexual exploitation material (CSEM) and content linked to chemical and nuclear threats compared to its competitors, according to a new report. Mistral, which launched in Paris two years ago, builds generative AI models similar to those powering US tech giant OpenAI’s ChatGPT.

  • 1 week ago | sifted.eu | Daphne Leprince-Ringuet

    Buzzy French startup Mistral has released a new AI-powered assistant for businesses as it ramps up efforts to compete against Big Tech players like Microsoft and OpenAI. Dubbed ‘Le Chat Enterprise’, the new product tailors Mistral’s general-purpose conversational assistant Le Chat, released last year, to business needs. Mistral builds large-language models (LLMs), the same type of technology powering generative AI tools like OpenAI’s ChatGPT.

  • 1 week ago | sifted.eu | Daphne Leprince-Ringuet

    As the Trump administration aggressively clamps down on research and academia in the US, Europe is aiming to turn a crisis into an opportunity by persuading top researchers to relocate across the Atlantic. Earlier this week, the EU Commission’s president Ursula Von der Leyen announced a fresh €500m funding package as part of a new initiative dubbed “Choose Europe for Science” intended to attract foreign researchers to the EU.

  • 1 week ago | sifted.eu | Daphne Leprince-Ringuet

    Duna, a startup founded by two Stripe alumni and based in Germany and the Netherlands, has raised a €10.7m seed round to build tools that simplify identity verification processes for businesses. The all-equity round was led by global VC Index Ventures and included participation from German VC Puzzle Ventures.

  • 1 week ago | sifted.eu | Daphne Leprince-Ringuet

    The EU is unlocking €500m to attract US-based researchers who wish to relocate as the Trump administration continues to crack down on universities and research facilities. President of the European Commission Ursula Von Der Leyen announced the funding package while speaking in Paris today to launch the ‘Choose Europe for Science’ initiative – a programme intended to encourage researchers from around the world to move to the EU to carry out their work.

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