Mistral's CEO: Europe has 2 years to stop becoming America's AI 'vassal state'

- Mistral CEO said Europe has 2 years to avoid dependence on US AI infrastructure giants. - Arthur Mensch warned AI dominance will hinge on control of chips, energy, and compute capacity. - Europe risks becoming an AI "vassal state," Mensch told French lawmakers. Two years. That's the narrow window Europe has to build its own artificial intelligence infrastructure before becoming permanently depen...