Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am an MIT Senior Fellow & Lecturer, 5x-founder & VC investing in AI A big debate about open versus closed AI systems is shaping ...

If the term “open-weight language model” doesn’t mean anything to you, fear not—we’ll explain exactly what that means in a moment. But first, here’s why this release matters: For large organizations ...

The highly respected Open Source Initiative, which has a reputation for being one of the most prominent stewards of open-source software, has finally come up with an official definition on what makes ...

As AI systems become more capable, speech is fast becoming the default way we communicate with machines. French AI startup Mistral has jumped into the audio race with its first open model, aiming to ...

Learn how Microsoft research uncovers backdoor risks in language models and introduces a practical scanner to detect tampering and strengthen AI security.

Mistral AI, Europe's most prominent artificial intelligence startup, is releasing its most ambitious product suite to date: a family of 10 open-source models designed to run everywhere from ...

Keeping up with the latest research is vital for scientists, but given that millions of scientific papers are published every ...

The idea of simplifying model weights isn’t a completely new one in AI research. For years, researchers have been experimenting with quantization techniques that squeeze their neural network weights ...