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October 30, 2026

Mistral releases open weights for trillion-parameter model aimed at cybersecurity

Also: Google announces Gemini 4 Carbon, claims top Artificial Analysis score and leading cyber benchmarks‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ 

X-Risk Daily

Friday 30 October 2026

Transformative AI
Mistral releases open weights for trillion-parameter model aimed at cybersecurity
On 29 October, French AI company Mistral released the weights of Mistral Large 4, nicknamed "Le Chonk", a trillion-parameter model it is marketing for cybersecurity work.

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