AI Update, May 9, 2025: AI News and Views From the Past Week

Artificial Intelligence — Fri., May. 9, 2025

Catch up on the latest AI news and developments, including Mistral's tripled revenue, Hugging Face's free AI tool, and Google's new AI Mode feature.

Mistral AI launched enterprise chatbot Le Chat, boosting revenue and regional data control. Hugging Face released a free, cloud-based AI agent. Google tests live conversational camera feature and Microsoft introduces lower-cost AI laptops.

OpenAI confirms nonprofit control and Elon Musk continues lawsuit. ChatGPT users report AI-induced delusions. Google's Gemini chatbot expands to children and adds AI-powered image editing. Perplexity to launch Comet browser and Google scientist says politeness may improve AI response.

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