EU’s cyber agency and research centre are testing Chinese AI models

The EU’s cyber agency, ENISA, and the Commission’s own science service, the Joint Research Centre, have started testing open AI models from China, Politico reported.

Three EU officials confirmed the work, the first time either body has spoken about it.

These open-weight models are released in full, so anyone can download, run, and study them. Chinese labs lead in this area, which is why France’s Mistral pitched its new Large 4 model this week as the strongest open-weight system built…