And Mistral has been betting on an open-source first approach. One might even wonder if there is some causation between the two decisions, one direction or the other.
[1]: https://www.reuters.com/technology/eus-ai-act-could-exclude-...
I have ranted about this before on HN, so bear with me here: all countries should take reasonable steps that they can afford to secure their own infrastructure: energy, water, food, some local manufacturing, IT, AI, education, etc. This “one world order” stuff is bull-shit. The world is a better place with many cultures, ethnicities, more self-sufficiency, etc. My wife and I like to travel to meet people with very different backgrounds, see new places. I cringe thinking of a “vanilla” world where large corporations and elite interests “homogenize” the world.
I think the EU and its member countries are largely content with taxing American tech giants - no need to rock the boat.