Mistral Large 4: "Le Chonk"

(mistral.ai)

250 points | by j-bu 1 hour ago

22 comments

  • xpct 22 minutes ago
    I don't know why, but I personally find Mistral's marketing strategy much more appealing than that of other companies.

    For example, there's something about Anthropic's picked design and their little Claude avatars that's unsettling to me.

    • fidotron 19 minutes ago
      The entire Anthropic branding is religious kitsch - deeply off putting, but apparently quite reflective of their reality.
    • walrus01 19 minutes ago
      I think there's such a thing as throwing too many marketing and sales people and too much polishing and "refinement" at something. I see in new product announcements from Microsoft as well. It's like seeing someone try too hard to impress you.
  • vessenes 54 minutes ago
    Very nice progress. Also I respect putting Kimi on those charts. Regardless of if they are beating the Pareto frontier (not now), model diversity is a good thing for humanity — I’m hopeful for the team to keep increasing their gains.
  • chevman 56 minutes ago
    This is awesome, one of the coolest Pokemon ever too for those that don't follow that universe :)

    https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Lechonk_(Pok%C3%A9mo...

  • bartstp 11 minutes ago
    How could I resist switching to a model named after my cat!?
    • laserbeam 8 minutes ago
      Stats be damned irrelevant. The naming is good with this one!
  • rglover 38 minutes ago
    Excited to try this. The low costs v. benchmarks alone here are worth a serious test. K3 has been my daily driver for a month or two now and it's dramatically reduced token spend (while not having much of a negative impact on productivity).

    This was the era of the AI race I was waiting for.

    • netvarun 2 minutes ago
      Curious now that SOL is cheaper than k3 - is k3 still your primary workhorse?
  • danslo 40 minutes ago
    Open weight, European, competes with GLM-5.3 on cybersecurity. What's not to like?
  • amelius 30 minutes ago
  • aennassiri 30 minutes ago
    Excited to see this! Nice that they are saying this is just a first step.

    Give them more compute!

  • taspeotis 1 hour ago
    • stronglikedan 51 minutes ago
      Of course not. That's clearly a different URL.
  • maz1b 31 minutes ago
    I'm glad they're keeping at it!
  • Razengan 18 minutes ago
    Awh I was half expecting a zombie pirate..
  • spwa4 1 hour ago
    Don't believe Mistral. They're wrong. It's really called "Le chaton fat".

    Also 1T-A49B. Weights currently closed but promise to open source them by the end of the month.

    Great release movie.

    • alterom 59 minutes ago
      >Don't believe Mistral. They're wrong. It's really called "Le chaton fat".

      OpenAI's therapist: Le Chaton Fat isn't real and cannot hurt you

      Le Chaton Fat:

  • redanddead 40 minutes ago
    better than K3 and DS4, cool
  • ChrisArchitect 42 minutes ago
  • tosh 1 hour ago
    sorting the charts like that gives off weird vibes
    • jasonjmcghee 50 minutes ago
      Had the same thought - feels chart crime adjacent
    • lern_too_spel 23 minutes ago
      Bar charts should start at zero. If they don't start at zero, there should be a clear visual indicator that the chart has been trimmed without having to read the axis labels. I hate that this has to be repeated so often that it has become a cliché.
  • sinan-faizal 18 minutes ago
    i subbmitted a partnership proposal in your contact.
  • plastic-enjoyer 36 minutes ago
    We are so back
  • theturtletalks 54 minutes ago
    A bit disappointing to see it still lagging behind Chinese open models. Those Chinese models are pushing proprietary models to raise the bar, but we need equally strong non-Chinese open models to challenge the Chinese ones in turn.
  • clavicle1009 1 hour ago
    YES finally
  • baggachipz 1 hour ago
    Now THAT'S how you name a model. Take note, others.
  • __natty__ 47 minutes ago
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  • catlover76 11 minutes ago
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