Le Chonk: the AI that’s too big to fail, but too small to understand
A new AI model is open-sourced for cybersecurity, but its size raises more questions than answers.
The story
Mistral releases open-source weights for its trillion-parameter AI model, targeting cybersecurity, claiming it offers state-of-the-art performance and more control for users.
Source: techcrunch.com
Our reading
Mistral’s AI model, nicknamed ‘Le Chonk,’ is supposed to help businesses and governments defend against cyberattacks by giving them full control over the system. But if a model is so large it needs a nickname, it’s probably not the kind of thing you want to be ‘in control’ of.
It’s hard to imagine a scenario where a trillion parameters are actually necessary for cybersecurity, unless the real threat is a rogue AI trying to calculate the perfect password. But then again, if you’re already using a model that’s so big it needs a French nickname, you might not be in a position to question the scale.
Le Chonk is now available for download, which means the next time a company is hacked, it’s probably not the AI’s fault. It’s just not smart enough to know what it did wrong.
