The race between open and closed AI is on, and Europe is still in the mix. On Tuesday, French AI lab Mistral AI has released Mistral Large 4 , a new large multimodal model aiming to leapfrog both American and Chinese rivals — following what French president Macron has described as “a third way in AI.” Amid a growing divide between closed models that can be unplugged and open models that are often made in China, Mistral is positioning ML4 as an alternative to both. Nicknamed Le Chonk in referenc…
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