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Mistral unleashes Pixtral Large and upgrades Le Chat into full-on ChatGPT competitor
Le Chat now includes image generation capabilities powered by the Flux Pro model, enabling users to produce high-quality visuals.
The company is further upgrading its free web-chased chatbot, Le Chat, adding image generation, web search, and an interactive “canvas,” matching the features of and turning it into a more serious and direct competitor to OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Those looking to use it commercially will need to do so through Mistral’s API on its Le Platforme managed web service, or obtain a separate license from the company directly through a contact form, meaning it is not actually fully open source. A r ecent survey by Kong showed despite its technical prowess and varying open-source and proprietary offerings, usage of Mistral’s models and API by large enterprises remain far behind those of U.S.-based companies such as OpenAI, Anthropic, and Microsoft.
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