Paris, France, March 20, 2026 (AFP) - Mistral chief calls for European AI levy to pay creatives

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Companies selling artificial intelligence models in Europe should pay a "levy" to support cultural industries, the head of French developer Mistral said Friday. AI models are trained on vast swathes of human-generated data including text, audio and video, which has prompted complaints and legal challenges to their developers from both creators and copyright-owning companies in America and Europe. Operators of AI models in Europe should pay "a rev......

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