European consortium OpenEuroLLM faces resource challenges as it aims to develop multilingual LLMs, highlighting limits of pan-European AI efforts amid ongoing model development.
OpenEuroLLM. The third path.
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The Coding Singularity Is Real — and Steeper Than Clark Presented
New data confirms AI’s rapid coding capabilities and suggests the recursive self-improvement loop is accelerating faster than previously thought, marking a significant inflection point.
Mistral. The fourth path.
Mistral raises $830M, becomes Europe’s top venture-backed AI firm, but faces capability gaps compared to US models. Key developments and implications explained.
Minerva. The opposite path.
Italy’s Minerva-3B, trained from scratch on 2.5 trillion tokens, scored only 4.9% on the Italian INVALSI benchmark, raising questions about scale and investment.
The Forecast Is the Plan.
Major AI labs publicly commit to automating AI R&D by 2026, signaling a shift from aspiration to strategic execution. What this means for the future of AI development.
AMÁLIA · The Three Hard Questions.
Portugal’s €5.5M AMÁLIA project, a European Portuguese LLM, has delivered a base version. Key questions about openness, native data, and goals remain.
The Atlas. What the framework is.
An in-depth look at the Post-Labor Transition Atlas, its empirical basis, structural insights, and implications for the future of work as of May 2026.
The adder at the heart of Intel’s 8087 floating-point chip
An in-depth look at the 69-bit adder at the core of Intel’s 8087 floating-point chip, revealing its innovative design and significance.
The Big ICE Meltdown — May’s China EV Sales Report
May 2026 saw a record high EV market share in China, driven by a 39% decline in ICE sales, with pure electric vehicles leading growth and market shifts.
China Sphere Capability Gap, Q2 2026 Update: Five Labs, Five Strategies, One Narrowing Frontier
A detailed update on China’s AI frontier model developments in Q2 2026, highlighting five labs’ breakthroughs, strategies, and the evolving capability gap with the US.
