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Mar 19, 2025 · Artificial Intelligence

Mistral Small 3.1: How a 2.4B‑Parameter Open‑Source Model Challenges GPT‑4

Paris‑based startup Mistral AI has open‑sourced Mistral Small 3.1, a 2.4 billion‑parameter multimodal model that claims superior performance to OpenAI and Google equivalents, runs on modest hardware, processes up to 128 k tokens, and highlights a sustainable, accessible AI strategy.