Mistral's new model sparks fury: critic says it trails US and Chinese models by wide margin
AymericRoucher · x · 2026-10-07
Mistral announced a new AI model, drawing a scathing long-form reaction from French lawyer Juan Branco that went viral:
- Branco says the announced performance sits "two notches" below top models, far behind US and Chinese frontier systems
- He blames France and Mistral's "diversification strategy" for squandering resources needed for AI sovereignty
- He calls some official performance claims paradoxical or contradictory and doubts Mistral's claim of minimal training-data copying
The post is AI-circle spectators enjoying the epic rage thread as much as the model news itself.
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