As European governments rush to invest in artificial intelligence (AI), hoping to support European champions like Mistral, a new report warns they may be playing into the hands of Big Tech.
Research published this Monday by the Dutch non-profit SOMO shows that the world’s leading AI start-ups, including OpenAI, Anthropic and Mistral, are deeply dependent on a small group of powerful US tech companies for the hardware, infrastructure and platforms they need to operate.
