Mistral raises $830M, becomes Europe’s top venture-funded AI firm, but still trails US models in reasoning capabilities. Key developments as of May 2026.
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Mistral. The fourth path.
Minerva. The opposite path.
Italy’s Minerva-3B, trained from scratch on 2.5 trillion tokens, scores only 4.9% on Italian exams, raising questions about native-language investment and model scaling.
The Forecast Is the Plan.
Major AI labs publicly commit to automating AI R&D by 2026, signaling a strategic shift that could reshape the industry and workforce.
AMÁLIA · The Three Hard Questions.
Portugal’s €5.5M AMÁLIA project, a European Portuguese language model, has delivered a base version but raises key structural questions about open access, native data, and goals.
The Atlas. What the framework is.
An in-depth look at the Post-Labor Transition Atlas, its empirical basis, and its significance for understanding AI-driven labor displacement.
Running DOS on Behringers DDX3216 with a DIY x86-Bios from Scratch
A hobbyist successfully booted MS-DOS on Behringer DDX3216 using a custom-built x86 BIOS from scratch, revealing hardware compatibility and new possibilities.
Fair-value appraisals for used GPUs and AI hardware
A new manual valuation approach is being tested to establish fair market prices for used AI hardware, aiding brokers in resale transactions.
ARRAY ships 100 GW of solar trackers globally since founding
ARRAY Technologies has shipped over 100 GW of solar trackers globally since its founding, marking a major milestone for the solar industry.
The Spill Plane
A recent event involving a spill plane has raised safety and historical concerns. Here are the confirmed details and what remains uncertain.
Observations After Two Weeks with Tesla Hardware 4 & Full Self Driving V14 in My 2026 Tesla Model Y
A Tesla owner reports on two weeks of using HW4 and FSD V14 in a 2026 Model Y, highlighting capabilities, limitations, and real-world performance.
