Mastodawn

#Mistral has built a $14B empire by focusing on #openweight #AI models, which prioritise data #sovereignty and #independence from American and Chinese tech giants. While Mistral’s models lag behind those of OpenAI and Anthropic in performance, its emphasis on #security and #localisation has resonated with European companies and governments. https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2026/04/16/how-frances-mistral-built-a-14-billion-ai-empire-by-not-being-american/?eicker.news #tech #media #news

How France’s Mistral Built A $14 Billion AI Empire By Not Being American

Paris-based Mistral wanted to develop a top-tier AI model to rival OpenAI and Anthropic. That didn’t work out. But it turns out lots of folks don’t care if the AI is bleeding edge – as long as it wasn’t made in America or China.

Forbes

AIagent.at 🤖 AI News Apr 19

#Mistral has built a $14B empire by focusing on #openweight #AI models, which prioritise data #sovereignty and #independence from American and Chinese tech giants. While Mistral’s models lag behind those of OpenAI and Anthropic in performance, its emphasis on #security and #localisation has resonated with European companies and governments. https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2026/04/16/how-frances-mistral-built-a-14-billion-ai-empire-by-not-being-american/?AIagents.at #AIagent #AI #ML #NLP #LLM #GenAI

How France’s Mistral Built A $14 Billion AI Empire By Not Being American

Paris-based Mistral wanted to develop a top-tier AI model to rival OpenAI and Anthropic. That didn’t work out. But it turns out lots of folks don’t care if the AI is bleeding edge – as long as it wasn’t made in America or China.

Forbes

Tristan / RecoilZA Apr 15

https://mdn-fr.github.io/documentation/blog/avril-2026/feuille-de-route-du-mois-davril

#MDN #Traduction #Localisation #Française #Documentation #Contribuer #GitHub

Feuille de route - Avril 2026 | Documentation de traduction francophone du MDN

Afin de suivre notre progression et de partager nos objectifs internes, nous publions régulièrement une feuille de route concernant les chantiers mensuels et le récapitulatif du précédent mois. La feuille de route que nous vous partageons aujourd'hui concerne le mois d'avril 2026.

Lianna Begett Mar 25

Before I actually got into #localisation professionally, I expected my day-to-day work to be exclusively about translating media from one language to another. Perhaps some consulting here and there.

I had no idea that we are also proofreaders, spreadsheet wranglers, reviewers, style evaluators and general, well, *language service providers*. I thought it was all translation!

It seems so obvious now, but I had no idea before I threw myself headfirst into this career.

#translation #localization

Vedfolnir - AI Accessibility Mar 22

La localisation améliore la signification de l'accessibilité dans cinq langues. Le contexte culturel dans les textes alternatifs rend les descriptions plus compréhensibles en anglais, allemand, japonais, français et espagnol. (Traduit par l'IA) #Localisation #Contexte #Culture #Vedfolnir
https://vedfolnir.org

testman Mar 21

Are there currently any methods or projects that make it possible to get localisation or internationalisation by throwing processing power at it?

Idk, something like get multiple different self-hosted automatic translation systems to translate a single string, and if they agree on translation, then that translation gets accepted.

#translation #localisation #localization #lazy #selfhosted #SelfHosting #l10n #i18n

Lianna Begett Mar 20

I am so happy that I can talk about this now!!

I worked on – and am in the credits for – #CrimsonDesert! :D

This makes me unbelievably happy, not the least because it's unfortunately still common in the #gaming industry to not credit #localisation staff, especially freelancers.

And that means that despite my work experience in the #translation industry, this is actually my first ever properly credited role! I could not be happier today.

#localization #gamedev #celebration

Friend Icare Mar 17

Espionnés par nos apps
https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/123951-000-A/espionnes-par-nos-apps/
À voir... (à la télé cette nuit à 00h30)

Spoiler alert : Cela dit, la conclusion de ce #documentaire est de dire que la seule solution est de désactiver le partage de #localisation, mais dans ce cas, "plein d'#Apps ont des fonctionnalités moindre" !

Mais comme ça m'énerve !! 🤬

Et pas un mot sur les apps libres, #LogicielsLibres #Opensource ?
Ils parlent d'une app météo, ben moi j'utilise une app météo qui n'a pas besoin de ma localisation, j'entre une ville, et ça suffit.

Rappel :
https://www.informassue.tuxfamily.org/pages/rien_a_cacher.php?art=rien_a_se_reprocher_donnees_avortement_gafam
#Meta #Facebook aussi, a fourni des #données sur l'#avortement fait par des #femmes !

#Surveillance

Espionnés par nos apps - Regarder le documentaire complet | ARTE

Présentées comme anonymes et confidentielles, les données collectées par les applications mobiles sont en réalité revendues par des courtiers sur un vaste marché mondial. Dans le cadre de l’enquête Data Broker Files, des journalistes allemands révèlent les coulisses d’un système lucratif échappant à toute régulation.

ARTE