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Re:Mistral raises €3B by alansaber on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @02:36AM (#49606319)
They've never made a near-frontier model. Which is a valid criticism for a model training company
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Re:Mistral raises €3B by skeledrew on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @04:46AM (#49607474)
"Frontier" is a relative, ever-changing target.
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Re:Mistral raises €3B by adventured on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @06:10AM (#49608202)
It's not really: it means those out in front.

OpenAI, Anthropic, China

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Re:Mistral raises €3B by skeledrew on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @09:35AM (#49610168)
Those in front can and will change over time, and regions determine what is measured in the first place. So if they want, the EU can for example define "frontier" as "models made by a European nation that score highest on Math benchmarks".
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Re:Mistral raises €3B by AureliusMA on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @05:16AM (#49607741)
They have done that in the past. I clearly remember the times when they dropped releases as a simple tweet and it made the front page of HN - just like the recent Chinese models releases.
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