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Some companies spend weeks on landing pages, demos and cute thought through promo videos and then there is Mistral, casually dropping a magnet link on Friday.
by mareksotak 3y ago
Some companies spend weeks on landing pages, demos and cute thought through promo videos and then there is Mistral, casually dropping a magnet link on Friday.
- tananaev 3y agoI'm sure it's also a marketing move to build a certain reputation. Looks like it's working.
- HlessClaudesman 3y agoNot geoblocking the entirety of Europe also makes them stand out like a ringmaster amongst clowns.
- moffkalast 3y agoWell they are French after all. They should be geoblocking the USA in response for a bit to make a point lol.
- fredoliveira 3y agoNot with their cap table, they won't ;-)
- peanuty1 3y agoGoogle Bard is still not available in Canada.
- oh_sigh 3y agoAre there some regulatory reasons why it would not be available? It seems weird if Google would intentionally block users merely to block them.
- mrandish 3y agoI think there are still some pretty onerous laws about French localization of products and services made available in the French-speaking part of Canada. Could be that...
- simonerlic 3y agoI originally thought so too, but as far as I know Bard is available in France- so I have a feeling that language isn't the roadblock here.
- dpwm 3y agoCan confirm Bard is available in France and the UI has been translated to French.
- wadefletch 3y agoThere's a proposed framework[1] in the EU that's rather restrictive. Seems like they're just not even bothering, perhaps to make a point. [1] https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/regulatory-framework-ai https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/regulatory...
- ComputerGuru 3y agoGoogle and Facebook were, up until just a couple of days ago, in a cold war within the Canadian government.
- noonething 3y agoneither is facebooks image one
- throwaway4aday 3y agotechnically, it is marketing but at this level marketing is indistinguishable from shipping
- tarruda 3y agoI'm curious about their business model.
- jorge-d 3y agoWell so far their business model seems to be mostly centered about raising money[1]. I do hope they succeed in becoming a succesful contender against OpenAI. [1] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-04/openai-rival-mistral-nears-2-billion-valuation-with-nvidia-funding https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-04/openai-ri...
- udev4096 3y agohttps://archive.ph/4F3dT https://archive.ph/4F3dT
- nuz 3y agoThey can make plenty by offering consulting fees for finetuning and general support around their models.