Mistral co-founder amplifies meme war defending open weights against skeptics
GuillaumeLample · x · 2026-11-02
Mistral co-founder Guillaume Lample retweeted an AI-circle spat where skeptics claimed open-weights models are "meaningfully worse for anything other than simple reads" and mocked Europe. Blogger log4j hit back urging critics to actually try Mistral for cyber work before dismissing it. Lample sided with the defense, quipping he'll "keep bullposting le chonk until morale improves."
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