European fintechs are increasingly bringing artificial intelligence into their tech stack, even as some key players in the industry begin to acknowledge the limitations of the technology.

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Tom Matsuda is a fintech reporter at Sifted and writes our weekly fintech newsletter. Find him on X and LinkedIn

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