Dossier
Numerama
Coverage of Numerama in the Nexus archive.
- The 'Le Chaton Fat' meme techies can't stop talking about
A fictional Mistral AI model called 'Le Chaton Fat' has become a viral meme in tech circles after Mistral rebranded its Le Chat chatbot as Vibe. The joke, which includes fake benchmarks and regulatory claims, originated from Mistral's online community and spread widely, though French outlet Numerama confirmed it is not real.