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Matt Turck shared his conversation with Mistral research lead Pierre Stock about Le Chonk. According to the conversation, Le Chonk is described as the largest open-source model in the West, trained by the team on 3,800 GPUs in their own data center, and is still in training. Stock also discussed what Mistral borrowed from DeepSeek, and the trade-off between open-source weights and cybersecurity refusals. The program also mentioned that Mistral Large 5 will be released later.
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Matt Turck shares a conversation with Pierre Stock about Le Chonk
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Mistral Research Lead Discusses Le Chonk: The Inside Story of the West's Largest Open Source Model Catching Up
Matt Turck speaks with Mistral research lead Pierre Stock about Le Chonk, described as the West's largest open source model. Stock discusses the team training on 3,800 GPUs in its own data center, the fact that Le Chonk is still in training, what Mistral borrowed from DeepSeek, and the trade-off between open-sourcing weights and refusal behavior for cybersecurity. The episode also mentions that Mistral Large 5 will be released later.