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Mistral releases 128B Medium 3.5, IBM updates Granite 4.1, Musk testifies

Mistral AI has released its new 128 billion parameter model, Medium 3.5, boasting a context window of 256,000 tokens. IBM has also updated its Granite model series with version 4.1. Separately, Elon Musk's testimony in the OpenAI trial continued, while Nvidia acknowledged the rising costs of AI compute. AI

IMPACT New model releases from Mistral AI and IBM expand the landscape of available LLMs, potentially influencing competition and adoption.

RANK_REASON Release of a new large-scale model with a significant context window from a major AI lab.

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Mistral releases 128B Medium 3.5, IBM updates Granite 4.1, Musk testifies

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