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Mistral AI releases 1T-parameter "Le Chonk" model with open weights

Mistral AI has released Mistral Large 4, codenamed "Le Chonk," a 1-trillion-parameter multimodal Mixture-of-Experts model. This open-weight model, trained on European infrastructure, excels in coding and cybersecurity tasks, outperforming other open models on benchmarks like FrontierCode and Terminal-Bench. It features a 1 million token context window, supports text and image inputs, and offers three configurable reasoning modes to balance performance and cost. AI

IMPACT This release sets a new benchmark for open-weight models in coding and cybersecurity, potentially accelerating enterprise adoption of advanced, self-hostable AI solutions.

RANK_REASON Mistral AI, a frontier lab, released a new model (Mistral Large 4) with open weights. [lever_c_demoted from frontier_release: ic=2 ai=1.0]

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Mistral AI releases 1T-parameter "Le Chonk" model with open weights

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  1. Transformers — Releases TIER_1 Français(FR) · LysandreJik ·

    v5.22.0: Mistral Large 4 (Le Chonk)

    <h2>New Models</h2> <h3>Mistral Large 4 (Le Chonk)</h3> <a href="https://private-user-images.githubusercontent.com/30755778/688928428-1cff9ca7-19e3-4622-8db6-fb1cfa842579.png?jwt=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpc3MiOiJnaXRodWIuY29tIiwiYXVkIjoicmF3LmdpdGh1YnVzZXJjb250ZW50…

  2. Hacker News — AI stories ≥50 points TIER_1 English(EN) · kuberwastaken ·

    Mistral Large 4 (Le Chonk) is now Open Weight

  3. r/LocalLLaMA TIER_1 English(EN) · /u/Few_Painter_5588 ·

    Mistral Large 4 (Le Chonk) is now open weight

    <table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1xil3qy/mistral_large_4_le_chonk_is_now_open_weight/"> <img alt="Mistral Large 4 (Le Chonk) is now open weight" src="https://external-preview.redd.it/ufkI5GrlxXnH9TBfIupjOlc3go-lnkd44PLNd0Pdsjs.jpeg?width=640&…