That's unfair to Europe. A bunch of AI work is done in London (Deepmind is based here for a start)

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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Glemkloksdjf 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Thats not the point.

Deepmind is not an UK company, its google aka US.

Mistral is a real EU based company.

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gishh 7 hours ago | parent [-]

Using US VC dollars. Where their desks are isn’t really important.

	▲	data-ottawa 6 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Increasingly where the desks and servers are is critical. The cloud act and the current US administration doing things like sanctioning the ICC demonstrate why the locations of those desks is important.
	▲	cycomanic 4 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		That's such a silly argument. X, OpenAI and others have large Saudi investments. In the grant scheme of things the US is largely indebted to China and Japan.
	▲	vintermann 6 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Currency is interchangeable. Location might not be.

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GaggiX 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

London is not part of Europe anymore since Brexit /s

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ot 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Is it so hard for people to understand that Europe is a continent, EU is a federation of European countries, and the two are not the same?

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usrnm 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Europe isn't even a continent and has no real definition (none that would make any sense, anyway), so the whole thing is confusing by design

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denysvitali 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I honestly think it is. The amount of people who thinks Europe and EU are the same thing is really concerning.

And no, it's not only americans. I keep hearing this thing from people living in Europe as well (or better, in the EU). I also very often hear phrases like "Switzerland is not in Europe" to indicate that the country is not part of the European Union.

	▲	MadDemon 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Switzerland has such close ties to the EU that I would consider them half in.

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lostmsu 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Isn't London on an island, mr. Pedantic?

	▲	TulliusCicero 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		So I guess Japan isn't Asian then?

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GaggiX 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I think you missed the joke

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tmoravec 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Drifted to the Caribbean.

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colesantiago 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Deepmind doesn't exist anymore.

Google DeepMind does exist.