A judge has approved a record $1.5 billion copyright settlement involving Anthropic, according to the article. The settlement resolves a copyright dispute, though the specific parties and details of the case are not further elaborated in the provided text. The article's body primarily focuses on a separate partnership between Microsoft and Mistral, stating that Microsoft will use Mistral’s French data centers while investing billions in the AI startup’s expansion. Mistral models Medium 3.5 and OCR 4 are now integrated into Microsoft Foundry, and Medium 3.5 is also available in Microsoft Copilot Studio and Azure. The companies say the deal supports European customers seeking more control over data, operations, and AI infrastructure. Critics in France argue the partnership could deepen Europe’s reliance on US technology.