French AI startup Les Ministraux has launched two brand new lightweight models, Ministral3B and Ministral8B, specifically designed for edge devices, with parameters of 3 billion and 8 billion, respectively. Both models excelled in instruction-following benchmark tests, with Ministral3B surpassing Llama38B and Mistral7B, while Ministral8B outperformed both models in all aspects except for coding capabilities.

French AI startup Mistral has recently announced the launch of a new series of generative AI models, specifically designed for edge devices such as laptops and mobile phones. Mistral has named this series 'Les Ministraux' to meet the growing demand for local processing and privacy-first solutions. The newly released Les Ministraux series includes two models: Ministral3B and Ministral8B.