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Mistral Says Its New AI Model ‘Le Chonk’ Is the Best Open-Weight Offering Outside of China

First reported 2026-10-06 13:00 UTC · Updated 2026-10-06 13:15 UTC · 2 independent sources

With the release of its new trillion-parameter model, Mistral is hoping to demonstrate it’s “still in the race” to build frontier-level artificial intelligence.

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  1. 2026-10-06 13:00 UTCCNBC · cnbc.com ↗
  2. 2026-10-06 13:15 UTCWired · wired.com ↗

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