May 28, 2026

Mistral’s Arthur Mensch directly rebuts Pope Leo on AI in warfare

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Three days after the Vatican called for AI to be ‘disarmed’, the Mistral CEO defended his company’s defence-AI work, arguing Europe cannot afford unilateral restraint. Arthur Mensch, the chief executive of French AI startup Mistral, pushed back direc...