Mistral says its platform will support third-party open models, starting with Z.ai's GLM-5.2, and run them on the same infrastructure as its own models (Mistral AI Blog)
https://mistral.ai/news/regional-inference-open-models-new-compute/
#VISA #MasterCard
One potential side effect of limiting processing fees would be merchants being able to deny using some high cost cards.
"The 'honor all cards' provision, which requires merchants to accept all Visa and Mastercard versions, would be discontinued. Merchants may choose to decline to accept higher-cost rewards cards and other premium consumer and commercial credit cards."
Oligarchies suck
https://finance.yahoo.com/personal-finance/banking/article/what-the-38-billion-visa-mastercard-swipe-fee-settlement-means-for-credit-card-users-164015738.html
Jerry Jones remains tied to Cowboys' most infamous Dez Bryant dinner story https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/dallas-cowboys/news/dez-bryant-52000-rookie-dinner-jerry-jones-mystery/4793743ff6b34984dae9ed00
Blockchain wordt consequent aangeduid als hype en gebakken lucht, dat is/was het ook voor een deel, tegelijk bestaan cryptocurrencies nog en heeft de rijkste Nederlander zijn geld ermee verdiend.
'Mysterieuze cryptomiljardair blijkt rijkste Nederlander ooit – maar heeft bij Tether niets meer te zeggen'
#TuneTuesday this week is #StrangeFirstLines, and let's go with the first lines of the first track of my favorite record.
Meat Puppets - 'Violet Eyes':
"Mother master, some things must be
Plastic master, this is for free
You give off a dark
Seems larger than life…
Sources: French startup Mistral AI is in talks to raise ~€3B at a ~€20B valuation; it was last valued at €11.7B during a funding round in September 2025 (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-12/france-s-…