#Hugging Face

AIJulien Chaumond reposted Mistral's announcement of Mistral Large 4, a 1T-parameter natively multimodal model with 49B active parameters. Mistral says it is available via API today, with open weights scheduled for release at the end of October, and is working privately with cybersecurity partners.

Why it matters: The post lays out Mistral Large 4's scale, multimodal design, and availability timeline, which helps readers gauge the open-weights landscape outside China.

AINVIDIA announced it will acquire Hugging Face, and Sundar Pichai congratulated Jensen Huang and Clement Delangue on the deal. Pichai said Google was an earlier investor in Hugging Face and remains a partner, expecting the deal to strengthen the open model ecosystem.

Why it matters: Pichai's post confirms Google's prior investment and partnership with Hugging Face, adding context to the acquisition's effect on the open model ecosystem.