No 'American open-weight renaissance' yet: Mistral 4 nearly matches best US open model
teortaxesTex · x · 2026-10-17
AI analyst teortaxesTex argues the much-hyped 'American open-weight renaissance' hasn't materialized. While many mocked Mistral 4 for lagging far behind the frontier, on Artificial Analysis rankings it sits within the margin of error of the best American open model. He expects post-training to be the decisive factor going forward.
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