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OpenEuroLLM. The third path.

OpenEuroLLM. The third path.

European consortium OpenEuroLLM faces resource challenges amid ambitious multilingual LLM goals, highlighting limits of pan-European AI development efforts.
Mistral. The fourth path.

Mistral. The fourth path.

Mistral raises €830M in 2026, becoming Europe’s leading venture-funded AI firm, but faces capability gaps compared to US models amid ongoing strategic debates.
Minerva. The opposite path.

Minerva. The opposite path.

Italy’s Minerva project trained from scratch on 2.5 trillion tokens, yet scored just 4.9% on Italian school exams, challenging assumptions about scale and language-specific AI.
The Forecast Is the Plan.

The Forecast Is the Plan.

Major AI labs publicly commit to automating AI R&D by 2026, signaling a strategic shift with broad implications for the industry and workforce.
AMÁLIA · The Three Hard Questions.

AMÁLIA · The Three Hard Questions.

Portugal’s €5.5M AMÁLIA LLM is operational, but key structural questions remain unanswered, impacting its strategic and policy relevance.
The Atlas. What the framework is.

The Atlas. What the framework is.

An in-depth analysis of the Post-Labor Transition Atlas, its empirical grounding, structural insights, and implications for AI-driven labor displacement.
Fair-value appraisals for used GPUs and AI hardware

Fair-value appraisals for used GPUs and AI hardware

A new manual valuation method for used AI hardware aims to establish transparent market prices, helping brokers resolve pricing disputes.
FIFA’s encounter with North America’s messy democracy

FIFA’s encounter with North America’s messy democracy

FIFA’s planning for the 2026 World Cup in North America encounters political instability and protests, highlighting the continent’s complex democratic landscape.
david hockney, british painter who filled the world with color, dies aged 88

david hockney, british painter who filled the world with color, dies aged 88

Celebrated artist David Hockney, known for his vibrant use of color, has died at age 88. His death marks the loss of a major figure in modern art.
fish finders as data tools

How Fish Finders Became Data Tools for Serious Anglers

Keen anglers now rely on advanced fish finders as powerful data tools that revolutionize their fishing strategies—discover how these innovations can elevate your next trip.