Mistral Unveils Pixtral 12B, Its First Multimodal AI Model
The new AI model processes both images and text and is available for free download under an open-source license.
Overview
- Pixtral 12B is built on Mistral’s existing Nemo 12B model and features 12 billion parameters.
- The model can analyze images and answer queries about them but cannot generate images.
- It is available for free download on GitHub and Hugging Face under the Apache 2.0 license.
- Mistral plans to integrate Pixtral 12B into its chatbot, Le Chat, and API platform, La Platforme.
- The release follows Mistral raising $645 million, positioning the company as Europe’s answer to OpenAI.