Multiple AI Companies Announce New Model Releases
According to Last Week in AI #328, several major AI companies have released new models and hardware.
DeepSeek released new reasoning models called DeepSeek 3.2, though specific technical details were not provided in the source material.
Mistral announced Mistral 3, which the newsletter describes as “closing in on Big AI rivals.” The release includes both “open-weight frontier and small models,” indicating Mistral is offering models across different scales and maintaining their open-weight approach.
Runway released Gen-4.5, an updated version of their generative AI platform, though the source doesn’t specify what improvements or features this version includes.
AWS introduced Trainium3, their latest generation of custom AI training chips, continuing their investment in specialized AI hardware.
The newsletter positions these releases as significant developments in the competitive AI landscape, particularly noting Mistral’s advancement toward competing with larger AI companies while maintaining their open-weight model strategy. However, detailed specifications, performance benchmarks, or release dates were not included in the available source material.