The Paris-based start-up was founded in 2023 and has been widely cited as a European rival to the US AI giant Open AI.
ADVERTISEMENTFrance’s jobseekers’ agency is partnering with generative artificial intelligence (AI) start-up Mistral AI to unveil a series of tools to help the agency’s advisers.
“France Travail joins forces with Mistral AI to make life easier for employees and users!” Clara Chappaz, France’s minister for AI and digital technologies, said in a post on LinkedIn.
The government organisation will use the Paris-based Mistral’s models for two devices: a conversational robot, ChatFT, mainly used for writing assistance, and an AI system called MatchFT which will assist advisers in their dealings with job applicants.
There will also be an AI calendar and AI training tool, which Chappaz said had already been used by nearly 10,000 agents and users.
The system makes it possible to contact candidates shortlisted for a vacancy by text to ask them about their interest in the vacancy and their requirements.
“This partnership illustrates our shared ambition: to develop AI to serve citizens and public policies, based on our own tech champions,” Chappaz added.
The French government is strongly supporting AI technologies with President Emmanuel Macron announcing in 2023 a €40 million investment in open source large language models for AI. The announcement was made alongside Mistral’s CEO Arthur Mensch.
France is also holding a so-called AI Action Summit next week, which will gather world leaders and technology companies to discuss AI’s applications and challenges.
The new partnership with Mistral, announced on Tuesday, marks another relationship between the government and the start-up.
In January, the French armed forces minister, Sébastien Lecornu, announced a partnership between Mistral and his ministry’s artificial intelligence agency.
What is Mistral?
The Paris-based start-up was founded in 2023 and has been widely cited as a European rival to the US AI giant OpenAI. The company is valued at around $6 billion (€5.6 billion).
Mistral partnered with Microsoft in February last year, which sparked criticism in the European Parliament, with some politicians telling Euronews Next at the time they were “furious” about it as the EU AI Act was altered to meet the demands of companies such as Mistral.
