Open weights go big: Reflection AI's 501B Beam, Mistral's 1T Large 4, Aleph Alpha's Kolibri
thursdai_pod · x · 2026-10-13
The ThursdAI podcast recaps a massive week for open weights: Reflection AI released the 501B-parameter Beam, Mistral shipped the 1T-parameter Large 4 ("Le Chonk"), and Aleph Alpha launched Kolibri, a German MoE.
The episode also tackles Peter Gostev's question: can an 800-GPU lab compete with a 100,000-GPU giant? Guests include altryne and ldjconfirmed.
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