New Mistral Is API-Ready but Not Open-Weight: Should It Lead Open-Weight Boards?
CharlotteHase · x · 2026-10-07
A user questions Mistral's release strategy for its new model: it's API-ready but not yet released as open weights. The post asks how that works and argues the model should be kept off any open-weight leaderboard until its weights are actually published.
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