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1. New AI models · Cybersecurity · Open source

   Mistral opens Large 4 weights for coding tasks

   Mistral has released open weights for Large 4, bringing improvements in coding and cybersecurity along with self-hosting options. The license requires separate terms for commercial model services.

   Full story at TestingCatalog AI News ↗
2. IT law & regulation · IT industry & companies · Open source · Artificial intelligence

   US Justice Department examines Nvidia's Hugging Face deal

   The US Justice Department is looking into Nvidia's planned acquisition of the open-source platform Hugging Face. Nvidia's sales practices are also being scrutinized, per the headline.

   Full story at The Decoder ↗
3. Artificial intelligence · New AI models · Open source · Programming & dev tools

   Mistral releases open weights for Mistral Large 4

   Mistral Large 4 (Le Chonk) is a 1T parameter multimodal model. Mistral calls it the best open-weight model for coding, trained in Europe.

   Full story at Mistral AI ↗
4. Programming & dev tools · Open source

   GitHub Octoverse reports record code pushes

   Developers pushed code to GitHub 17.9 billion times in the past 12 months, more than in 2024 and 2025 combined. The report cites projects such as Gati in Nepal.

   Full story at github.blog ↗

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