# Mistral Says Its AI Model ‘Le Chonk’ Has Leapfrogged China in the Open-Weight Race

**Published:** October 29, 2026
**Author:** Joel Khalili
**Source:** Wired — Artificial Intelligence
**Language:** en-US
**HTML:** https://aiqazaqstan.com/en/articles/mistral-says-its-ai-model-le-chonk-has-leapfrogged-china-in-the-open-wei

The French AI lab claims its latest release matches or outperforms even the best models from DeepSeek and Z.ai in coding and cybersecurity.

> From the original source: **Wired — Artificial Intelligence**
> [Read full article at Wired — Artificial Intelligence](https://www.wired.com/story/mistral-says-le-chonk-surpasses-chinese-models-cybersecurity/)

**Tags:** #OpenAI #Anthropic #Hugging Face #DeepSeek #Mistral AI

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