Mistral and Nvidia are joining forces to use AI to speed up engineering simulations and industrial product design. The partnership pairs the French model maker with Nvidia on physics-based AI for manufacturers.
This column looks at how business leaders went from distrusting electronic invoicing to demanding it once they were convinced of its value. It draws on that shift for lessons about how companies adopt AI.
Using IKEA as an example, Romain André of Synolia argues that AI's real value in retail lies in what it cannot handle. The cases AI fails on reveal where human work matters most.
This column argues that AI is making retail practices more uniform, which makes strategic differentiation more important than ever. The question is how much decision-making to hand over without giving up human judgment.
In a column for Le Monde, Oxford professor Ian Goldin calls Silicon Valley's promise that AI will boost productivity an illusion. He argues that AI could instead hold back economic growth in several ways.
OpenEvidence, an AI startup valued at $15 billion and funded by advertising, is growing fast among doctors. Its rise comes despite questions about the accuracy of its answers and its reliance on ads.