Unsupervised Learning Ep 31: CEO and Co-Founder of Mistral Arthur Mensch on the Next Frontiers for LLMs, Why Open Source Will Prevail and AI Safety
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Mar 28, 2024 
CEO of Mistral AI, Arthur Mensch, discusses open-source vs closed-source models, partnership strategy, next frontiers for LLMs, AI regulation, and global language diversity. They touch on Mistral's origins, releasing Le Chat, and the hype around AI advancements in material science.
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Origin of the Name "Mistral"
- The name "Mistral" officially refers to a French wind and the play on AI in its French acronym.
- The true story is they chose Mistral because it sounded good and evokes a "wind of change" in the south of France.
Torrent Release to Engage Developers
- Mistral released their models via torrent as a nod to Llama's community-driven leak.
- This distinctive move connected them quickly to the developer community and gained enthusiastic adoption.
Open Source Will Prevail
- Open source models will prevail as LLMs are an infrastructure technology best owned and modifiable by customers.
- Mistral aims to close the gaps in performance and usability between open source and closed source models.