At today's Qualcomm Summit, Qualcomm announced a partnership with Mistral AI to bring Mistral AI's next-generation generative AI models to various smart devices. The focus of this collaboration is on the Ministral3B and Ministral8B models, which will operate on multiple Qualcomm platforms including the Snapdragon 8 Elite mobile platform, Snapdragon Cockpit Elite, and Snapdragon Ride Elite, and will also be used for AI PCs.

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Mistral AI's Ministral3B and Ministral8B models are compact yet powerful, making them particularly suitable for running on devices such as smartphones, cars, and personal computers. The benefits of running generative AI on devices include significantly enhanced privacy protection, reduced latency, increased reliability, and cost and energy savings.

Durga Malladi, Qualcomm's Vice President of Technology, stated, "We are excited to collaborate with Mistral AI to help devices fully utilize the latest AI technologies in edge computing." He emphasized that these new models will help device manufacturers, software providers, and digital service providers deliver more innovative user experiences, such as smarter AI assistants that better understand user needs and expectations.

Arthur Mensch, co-founder and CEO of Mistral AI, also expressed enthusiasm for the partnership, noting, "This collaboration with Qualcomm marks the ability of our new models to run locally on Snapdragon platform devices, enabling faster local processing and reducing costs and energy consumption." Through this partnership, both companies aim to enable more developers and users to experience the potential of advanced AI.

Currently, developers can access other popular Mistral AI models, such as Mistral7B v0.3, through Qualcomm's AI Hub, and Ministral3B and Ministral8B will soon be available to developers. For more information about Mistral AI, please visit their official website.

Key Points:

- 🚀 ** Qualcomm's partnership with Mistral AI will introduce Ministral3B and Ministral8B models, supporting a variety of smart devices. **

- 💡 ** Running generative AI on devices enhances privacy protection, reduces latency, and saves costs. **

- 🔧 ** Developers can access multiple Mistral AI models through Qualcomm's AI Hub, with more new models coming soon. **