Voxtral transcribes at the speed of sound.

Today we are launching Voxtral Transcribe 2, two next-generation speech-to-text models delivering industry-leading transcription quality, diarization, and ultra-low latency. The family includes Voxtral Mini Transcribe V2 for batch transcription and Voxtral Realtime for live applications. Voxtral Realtime is open-weight under the Apache 2.0 license. We’re also launching an audio playground in Mistral Studio to test…

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Prediction: This Monster Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stock Will Reach a $5 Trillion Market Cap in 2026 (Hint: It’s Not Apple or Microsoft)

The only company to have surpassed the $5 trillion market cap is Nvidia. Currently, there are only 10 public companies in the trillion-dollar club. From highest to lowest market capitalization, these companies are Nvidia, Apple, Alphabet (GOOGL +1.31%) (GOOG +1.33%), Microsoft, Amazon, Semiconductor manufacturing in Taiwan, Metaplatforms, Broadcom, TeslaAnd Berkshire Hathaway. Within this cohort, only…

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Transformer architecture, the one innovation that supercharged AI: Best ideas of the century

Today’s most powerful AI tools – those that can summarize documents, generate artwork, write poetry or predict how incredibly complex proteins fold – all rest on the shoulders of the “transformer”. This neural network architecture, first announced in 2017 at a modest conference center in California, allows machines to process information in a way that…

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San Francisco AI boom not translating to tech jobs bonanza | Technology

De nombreux signes indiquent que l’industrie technologique, très importante à San Francisco, est en plein essor. La City est devenue le centre du boom de l’intelligence artificielle, accueillant les deux startups les plus valorisées du secteur et de nombreuses autres petites entreprises financées par du capital-risque. Des quantités record de capital-risque affluent. Les locations effectuées…

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Shield AI Signs Contract with Taiwan’s National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology to Accelerate and Indigenize Taiwan-Developed AI Pilots

TAIPEI, February 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Shield AI today announced that it has signed a contract with Taiwan’s National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST) to advance the development, demonstration and deployment of AI-driven unmanned systems. The collaboration will integrate Shield AI’s Hivemind platform into NCSIST’s intelligent unmanned systems, supporting both software development and…

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Roughly half of employees are using unsanctioned AI tools, and enterprise leaders are major culprits

In addition, employees must be made aware of the risks. Many, including CISOs, do not truly understand the scale of the problem and its broader implications. “Education is essential and doesn’t require a lot of work,” Williams said. Implementing a policy and framework, however, is, and businesses must first decide what risks they are willing…

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