Mistral Drops a Trillion Parameter Open Model

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Coming up, not one, but two massive open weight models just dropped. And both of them are challenging Chinese dominance in the open weight territory. A 19-year-old raised $11 million to sell you a $3,500 personal AI computer that's worth more like $5,000. But don't get your hopes up. It's sold out at least for now. AI just started legally prescribing medication in Utah, and Xreal's Aura Smart Glasses finally have a price. But does it have a market? That's all coming up with me and Jeff Jarvis on this episode of the AI Inside Podcast.

What's going on, everybody? Welcome to another episode of AI Inside, where we take a look at the AI that is layered throughout the world of technology, the world of technology. I'm one of your hosts, Jason Howell, joined by Jeff Jarvis on the other side, not of the world, but of the country, at least. So, you know, there's we're we're covering some some geography. Yeah.

Jeff Jarvis (2:00)

Yeah.

Yeah. The coastal elites, that's what we are.

Jason Howell (2:04)

That's that's all we are is the coastal elites. You could at least call in from France.

Jeff, and then we'd have some direct tie in to our top story.

Jeff Jarvis (2:15)

Well, next week, I might be in Germany.

Jason Howell (2:17)

Oh, OK. That's that's closer. OK, that works.

Jeff Jarvis (2:21)

Yeah. That's the day after our show.

And then this weekend, I'll be elsewhere on the coast, just to mention, just to plug real quick. Yeah. It will be in Haverhill Mass near Boston for a book talk at the historic New England in Haverhill at 10 o'clock in the morning. And then we'll go up the hill to the Museum of Printing. You can see a live working line of type and smell it and feel it. And so it's free. If you're anywhere in New England, please, please come to Haverhill. If you go to Jeff, for those of you who have video, Jason's showing it now. If you go to jeffjarvis.com, there's a link there to register free.

Jason Howell (2:58)

Register here and you can bloop, bloop and go. And I mean, it's a full day event.

Jeff Jarvis (3:03)

That's line of type, man. Yeah.

Jason Howell (3:06)

Yeah, I love it. So cool. And you get your book signed by Jeff and you get a cool tour. You you visit one of Haver, Haverhill's exceptional local restaurants.

Jeff Jarvis (3:18)

That part's not free.

Jason Howell (3:20)

I was going to say, I don't think that the lunch is paid for, but no, you get to have lunch. Yeah, that's that's nice of us. Yeah, right. That sounds really cool. If I was in the area, I would definitely go. Go to jeffjarvis.com to find more information for that and all of the wonderful books that Jeff has written, including Hot Type, which I'm sure will come up at least a couple of times in today's show.

See, it already has. We're doing the work. Hey, let's talk about Mistral. Hey, Mistral.

Let's see here. I got to get this overlay accepted. I don't know what that was all about. Right off the bat.

Jeff Jarvis (3:59)

What do you think? Right off the bat. Mistral wins the award for naming a model.

Jason Howell (4:05)

I like the name of this model. Le Chonk.

Jeff Jarvis (4:09)

Le Chonk.

Jason Howell (4:10)

I mean, it just, it has personality to it.

Jeff Jarvis (4:13)

Exactly. And it sounds big.

Jason Howell (4:15)

It sounds really big.

Jeff Jarvis (4:17)

Yeah. And kind of, I guess... Kind of in a cuddly way even.

Jason Howell (4:21)

Yeah. Like I said, there's a character to Le Chonk. Like, I get this vision of, like, this massive, like...

Jeff Jarvis (4:29)

It's like the Burmese mountain dog of AI models, you know?

Jason Howell (4:34)

Yeah, but is Le Chonk cute? I don't know.