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title: "Mistral Says Its AI Model ‘Le Chonk’ Has Leapfrogged China in the Open-Weight Race"
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source_urls: ["https://www.wired.com/story/mistral-says-le-chonk-surpasses-chinese-models-cybersecurity/","https://huggingface.co/blog/mistral-large4","https://www.techmeme.com/261029/p30","https://x.com/MistralAI/status/2115811242556137820","https://x.com/LysandreJik/status/2115811488988295628","https://x.com/sgl_project/status/2115812062328930535","https://x.com/danielhanchen/status/2115814087498305811","https://x.com/qtnx_/status/2115811460316049819"]
summary: "Mistral claims its latest AI model, Le Chonk, has matched or outperformed the best models from DeepSeek and Z.ai in coding and cybersecurity, leapfrogging China in the open-weight model race."
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# Mistral Says Its AI Model ‘Le Chonk’ Has Leapfrogged China in the Open\-Weight Race

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**Published:** 2026-10-29T14:00:00.000Z
**Category:** Models
**Topics:** llm

## Summary

Mistral claims its latest AI model, Le Chonk, has matched or outperformed the best models from DeepSeek and Z\.ai in coding and cybersecurity, leapfrogging China in the open\-weight model race\.

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://www.wired.com/story/mistral-says-le-chonk-surpasses-chinese-models-cybersecurity/>)
- [Story source](<https://huggingface.co/blog/mistral-large4>)
- [Story source](<https://www.techmeme.com/261029/p30>)
- [Story source](<https://x.com/MistralAI/status/2115811242556137820>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/LysandreJik/status/2115811488988295628>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/sgl_project/status/2115812062328930535>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/danielhanchen/status/2115814087498305811>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/qtnx_/status/2115811460316049819>)