Founder of French AI startup Mistral pushes back against Pope’s criticism of AI use in warfare

The founder of French AI startup Mistral on Thursday pushed back against criticism from the Pope over the use of AI in warfare, saying Europe must be able to protect itself as rivals deploy the technology.

“We’re all for peace, but if you look at our rivals and adversaries in the world, they’re using artificial intelligence As long as we have adversaries that are threatening, and they are threatening, we do need to have our own capabilities,” Mistral CEO and co-founder Arthur Mensch said.