# CNRS AI chat: Emmy

> **When:** Thursday 19 February  
> **Organiser:** Alexandre Boucaud  

During this café we will talk about the use of Emmy, the MistralAI chatbot made for the CNRS agents called Emmy.

:::{admonition} Information and access to Emmy
:class: tip
Head over to [emmy.cnrs.fr](https://emmy.cnrs.fr/) with CNRS credentials (Janus).
:::

## Current status

As of December 2025, Emmy is presented as the single authorized AI chat (as opposed to non-French-based technologies such as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek, etc.)

French university-based alternatives are allowed but

## Questions emerging from the café

### General

1. Will there be an official presentation of the tool ?
> The tool is an instance of Mistral Le Chat (version Pro). Apart from the online tutorials accessible at [emmy.cnrs.fr](https://emmy.cnrs.fr/) no official tutorials are planned for now. For an introduction, see presentation from Thomas Vuillaume below.

2. How long will the license be valid for ? Can we invest in this tool or is there a chance it will go away after 1 year ?
> No clear answer so far because of the current pace of evolution of these tools but if adoption is massive, they will probably keep it

3. It seems non-CNRS people cannot access Emmy (requires a Janus account). Is there a plan to open it to all members of the lab ? Or to be given a few extra licenses for non-CNRS members ?
> The current CNRS position is to only pay for its employees. University employees should ask their University for such tools.

4. Is this ok for personal use ?
> Yes this is fine.

### Specific usage / strategic

1. Is there a way to access agentic capabilities (devstral / Mistral Code / vibe) for development ? This is an important topic for which there is currently no answers and forbidding CNRS agents to use non-sovereign tools.
> For now this is not part of the deal but I (Alexandre) will push for it at the IN2P3 level and we can hope to gain access to API usage.

2. Peut-on payer pour une offre plus puissante
> No clear answer for now

3. Possibilité de faire des groupes / labos au sein du SSO ?
> Pas possible dans l'outil actuel tel que présenté mais possibilité de partager une bibliothèque de document avec une liste de personnes du même SSO (adresse @cnrs.fr).

4. Quelles sont les garanties de sécurité vis à vis des documents qu'on upload sur l'outil ?
> Mistral garantit au CNRS une confidentialité des document et une absence d'utilisation pour des fins d'entraînement de leurs modèles

## Extended presentation of Emmy from Thomas Vuillaume (LAPP)

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Also accessible at [this link](https://vuillaut.github.io/lectures/emmy-cnrs/).