Mistral releases 1T-parameter Large 4, nicknamed Le Chonk, to challenge top US and Chinese models
Ars Technica AI · rss · 2026-10-07
France's Mistral has released Mistral Large 4, a freely available 1-trillion-parameter model nicknamed "Le Chonk," claiming it can compete with the best models from the US and China.
- Available now in preview, with a final version due by end of the month;
- Optimized for coding and cyberdefense, plus niches like manufacturing, finance, and electrical engineering;
- Cofounder and chief scientist Guillaume Lample says many domains are under-served by other labs: "There are so many domains in which you can improve models";
- Comes amid mounting tensions over access to top-end AI.
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