German search engine Ecosia is dropping French AI company Mistral in favor of open-source models, including Chinese alternatives such as Qwen, GLM and Kimi.


> Ecosia CEO Christian Kroll said Mistral’s models are “a year behind” competitors, citing poor performance, recurring server problems and concerns over its dependence on foreign investors.
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> Ecosia, which replaced OpenAI with Mistral in May, says switching to open-source models has cut costs by roughly half while improving quality and performance.
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> Kroll believes Europe can compete in AI by building on Chinese-backed open models rather than spending billions developing its own.
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> Source: POLITICO


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