AI

Dario Amodei speaks at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023, a few years before Fable 5 crystallized debates about strategic AI. The scene underscores how the choices of a private leader can affect public uses. Credits: Kimberly White/Getty Images for TechCrunch via TechCrunch, CC BY 2.0.

Society

With Claude Fable 5 Blocked by Washington, Europe Rediscovers the Cost of Relying on American AI

2026-06-15

Automated driving sparks debate through its technical imagination. Between innovation, political concern, and industrial rivalry, the issue becomes a test of sovereignty.

Science

Clément Beaune warns Europe that self-driving cars are now a sovereignty test against US and Chinese rivals

2026-05-11

‘AI colonization of Africa’ (public domain image, Wikimedia Commons).

Science

Adji Bousso Dieng warns of a new digital imbalance in Africa

2026-04-08

‘Mistral AI (free image, Wikimedia Commons).’

Science

$830 million, 13,800 Nvidia chips, 44 megawatts: how Mistral AI is building Europe’s AI sovereignty

2026-03-31

In Paris, Yann LeCun isn’t merely announcing another company: he’s turning a long-held scientific conviction into a global industrial wager. At 65, the Franco-American researcher is taking his critique of large language models out of the lab and turning it into a doctrine for action. Behind the $1.03 billion raised, this launch tells of an influence struggle over what artificial intelligence should become in the decade ahead. The scene is less an official portrait than a turning point: a respected scientist entering the economic arena with the ambition to redefine the next wave of AI.

Science

Yann LeCun launches AMI Labs in Paris with a $1.03 billion bet on world models

2026-03-10

Society

Emmanuel Millard: Governing Means Making Trade-Offs

2026-02-16

In Paris in 2022, the calm face of a test pilot at the moment everything shifts. From a culture of checklists to the promise to ‘dare to dream big together’. Here the story begins: a professional of the collective, of rigor and composure. Before the ISS, that second when Europe chooses its heroines, without folklore, with method.

Science

Mission Epsilon: Sophie Adenot, from checklists to months in orbit

2026-02-14

Sam Altman triggers the 'red alert': OpenAI bets on ChatGPT, facing Gemini, by focusing on speed, reliability, and personalization.

Society

OpenAI’s Code Red: ChatGPT vs Google’s Gemini 3.0, speed and reliability first

2025-12-05

‘Camino de Compostela (free image, Wikimedia Commons).’

Culture

The Vanished of Compostela: a French limited series about a deepfake and a village haunted by truth

2025-12-02

Snowy road in France with signs warning of slippery roadway ‘public domain, Wikimedia Commons’.

Culture

France hit by nationwide cold snap: snow and ice across 76 departments

2025-11-22

11/18/2025: Cloudflare outage. Peak at 12:20 PM, chain errors, recovery in the afternoon: the Web's dependency brought to light.

Science

Cloudflare global outage on November 18, 2025: timeline and impact

2025-11-18

Bars and cold light. Between MDC Brooklyn and Santé, the promised 'security' wavers. October 22–23, 2025, reveal threats, videos, and administrative silences.

Culture

Pompidou’s ‘Last Carnival’ lights up Paris before renovation

2025-10-23