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

WIRED AIIndependent reporting·
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Mistral released the open weights for Mistral Large 4, nicknamed 'Le Chonk,' a trillion-parameter model it says beats open rivals at coding.

AI brief

Mistral claims its new open-weight model, Le Chonk, matches or outperforms the best models from DeepSeek and Z.ai in coding and cybersecurity.

Why it matters: If the claims hold, it would put a French lab ahead of Chinese open-weight models in those areas.

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More coverage of this story (4)

Mistral releases open weights for its trillion-parameter 'Le Chonk' model

Mistral releases open weights for Mistral Large 4, providing sovereign control for the company’s ‘Le Chonk’ AI model
SiliconANGLE AI · 29 Oct 2026, 15:20
Mistral releases weights for its trillion-parameter AI model, targeting cybersecurity
TechCrunch AI · 29 Oct 2026, 14:00
Le Chonk: Built for Coders, Trusted by Defenders.
Mistral AI News · 29 Oct 2026, 12:00
Welcome Le Chonk: Mistral Large 4 on Hugging Face
Hugging Face Blog · 29 Oct 2026, 00:00

Primary source

“The French AI lab claims its latest release matches or outperforms even the best models from DeepSeek and Z.ai in coding and cybersecurity.”
WIRED AI, 29 Oct 2026, 14:00.

Reporting from a publisher outside the organisation being covered.

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