Mistral customer data leak sparks doubt over 'open models are private' myth
Afinetheorem · x · 2026-09-18
Mistral has been hit by a major customer data leak. Commentator Afinetheorem uses the incident to challenge the popular claim that "running on open models means it's private": most organizations' and universities' data security and IT practices aren't even in the same ballpark as AWS, and people are deluded about what is actually private.
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