Artificial intelligence: European liberation? Mistral releases new top-of-the-line AI model Large 4

Dusseldorf. Mistral has introduced its latest flagship model, Large 4. According to the company, the model is said to have particularly good programming and cybersecurity capabilities and is the most powerful open model from Europe and the USA to date. Chief scientist Guillaume Lample said in advance in a press session: “It closes the gap with the best open source models, including all the Chinese ones.”

The pressure on Mistral has increased significantly in recent months. The French AI company's previous models, Large 3 and 3.5, were left behind by competition from China and the USA. AI researcher Niels Rogge wrote on LinkedIn that Large 3.5 is based on an “outdated architecture” from Meta and is more expensive than the stronger competition from the Chinese provider Deepseek. Consultants also reported to the Handelsblatt that Mistral models were in demand significantly less in the past few months than two years ago.