Mistral Large 3 brings frontier-scale multimodal AI to open weights
Mistral AI released the 675-billion-parameter Mistral Large 3 base and instruction checkpoints under Apache 2.0 with API and multi-platform access.
TOWARD DOOM40confidence 86/100
Why it moved the index
Permissive release of a frontier-scale, multimodal, agent-capable model directly broadens uncontrolled access and competitive pressure at the open frontier.
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Assessment history
- R1Toward 40 · confidence 86
New historical open-weight launch record from Mistral AI's dated release.
11 Aug 2026