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We're here with Radoslav Štefánek, AI
Envoy for Slovakia.

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Thank you for being with us.

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What are some of the problems you're
looking to solve with AI,

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and where might Mistral play a role?

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Like every country, we have many problems
in the public sector.

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It's old-fashioned, with old systems and
so on.

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Now we have this artificial intelligence
hype.

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On the other hand, I'm sure it can help

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prepare Europe for the future,

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in terms of efficiency, better relations
between countries

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and better services for citizens.

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It's a huge project ahead of us. I'm
really looking forward to it.

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What impact do you think AI and Mistral
are having

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on the work you're doing today?

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I remember the first moment we met in
Berlin

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with you guys from Mistral.

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From my perspective, when the chemistry
works

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from the very first moment…

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At the end of the day, it's about the
people working together.

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Since then, we've had many, many meetings.

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I'm sure we can achieve great things
together.

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At the beginning, we decided to start

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with small projects and small examples,

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like helping us manage our schedules

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and manage our emails.

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To show people that artificial
intelligence

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can help them with their work and make it
easier and better.

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What does the phrase “Own your AI future”
mean to you?

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Compared with the current situation,

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being comfortable, knowing that everything

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is running well and precisely, without
mistakes,

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and with a high level of quality.

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And then customisation and control:

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how do you think about those when
employing AI in your country?

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They are essential from the very
beginning, because processes

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at government level and in public
administration are different

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from implementing artificial intelligence

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in private companies. Everything has its
own rules.

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Sometimes it can be hard, because people

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working for the government are sometimes
older.

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That is not a disadvantage.

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It's just a fact. Sometimes it's hard to
think differently.

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The way we can change that

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is to start with small projects and
demonstrate

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that they work and that they can help.

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One thing we're excited about is that we
recently turned three.

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It's our third anniversary at Mistral.

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Is there a message you'd like to give us?

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Happy birthday! To me, you're a great
team.

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That's one reason we started working
together.

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I hope that for at least the next three
years

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we will continue to build our
relationship,

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making it better and stronger, and after
those three years

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we'll have completed many great projects
together.

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At Mistral, we're also excited about AI
for Citizens.

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You're familiar with our work in the
public sector.

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What value do you see in that programme?

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It's always hard to meet people's
expectations

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in every country.

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They don't care whether technology
supports the services.

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They want a result that works. That's
really important to me.

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I'd really like to use your technology

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and our relationship to create something
really good,

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to show people that we can change

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the quality of public services compared
with today.

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What are you excited to work on together
next in AI?

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That's a good question. It's hard to
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Everything is open for the future.

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I'm sure everything is possible.

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One final question: if a government is
considering

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a partnership with Mistral, what would you
tell them?

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Why should they consider working with us?

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They already know about you.

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As an AI plenipotentiary or envoy,

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I speak a lot about Mistral,

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about European cooperation and these kinds
of relationships.

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It's really important to me

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that we Europeans can talk and work
together

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for a better future for the EU and Europe
as a whole.

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Thank you so much. We appreciate your
time.

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Thank you. Thank you.