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Mistral Says Its AI Model ‘Le Chonk’ Has Leapfrogged China in the Open-Weight Race

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Mistral Says Its AI Model ‘Le Chonk’ Has Leapfrogged China in the Open-Weight Race — Chicago Technology news

The French AI lab claims its latest release matches or outperforms even the best models from DeepSeek and Z.ai in coding and cybersecurity.

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