Mistral, European AI startups accuse US rivals of using safety concerns to entrench dominance

Mistral and other European AI startups said US competitors are using AI safety arguments to entrench their dominance. They rejected Anthropic's calls to slow the development of frontier models.

• Mistral and European startups reject Anthropic's calls to slow AI development
• US accused of using safety rhetoric to entrench dominance
• Dispute concerns pace of frontier AI model development