I have been told by some Perplexity users that once they switched to using Pro R1, they just can’t stop using it. It’s too addictive to watch the steam of consciousness from the AI. Something no other product exposes btw.
— Aravind Srinivas (@AravSrinivas) February 8, 2025
Can I interview you on this for a Twitter Space?
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) February 8, 2025
To be clear, what the @DOGE team and @USTreasury have jointly agreed makes sense is the following:
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 8, 2025
- Require that all outgoing government payments have a payment categorization code, which is necessary in order to pass financial audits. This is frequently left blank, making…
This feels like a stretch. If we have a Newton on the DOGE team let's get him/her OFF DOGE and into academia! ;)
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) February 8, 2025
I used Tesla FSD 12.6.3 and my car navigated into the parking lot and parked itself upon arrival!
— Ryan Zacher (@TheZacher) February 8, 2025
Easy to get to used to this. pic.twitter.com/XtBbFI6fj8
I love FSD with Tesla
— Mo Money Mo (@momoneymohit) February 8, 2025
On HW3 and latest update (12.6.3), it’s basically like every driver now
Wow pic.twitter.com/bqg4RsLEf6
This ruling is absolutely insane!
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 8, 2025
How on Earth are we supposed to stop fraud and waste of taxpayer money without looking at how money is spent?
That’s literally impossible!
Something super shady is going to protect scammers. https://t.co/7Eyy9ZsN7A
Should we give away this truck as another prize to another lucky winner for the Super Bowl contest tomorrow? pic.twitter.com/qZL4qypDUq
— Aravind Srinivas (@AravSrinivas) February 8, 2025
Welcome to Nepal, Tsinghua University research delegation! Thrilled to bridge the youth exchanges between #China and #Nepal. Members of #CNYP engaged Tsinghua students in meaningful discussions on social governance, environmental protection etc..Wishing the delegation a… pic.twitter.com/AYHl0kJ3Lt
— Ambassador Chen Song (@PRCAmbNepal) February 8, 2025
“That’s why I’ve asked the incredible team at @lazyeightdesign to support them in any way they can.
— Iqram Magdon-Ismail (@iqramband) February 8, 2025
They'll be taking their entire fee in $JMJ :)”
I too have watched @nav_chatterji since my college days. It’s a thrill to be working with the team at @lazyeightdesign . LFG. https://t.co/yul6IZ0ouA
WHAT happened, Sir? :)
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) February 8, 2025
AI agents will be the thing that finally kills McKinsey
— GREG ISENBERG (@gregisenberg) February 8, 2025
Yes. We have a major constitutional crisis.
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) February 8, 2025
Americans did not fight and die to protect democracy so that the richest man in the world could single-handedly dismantle agencies that protect workers, consumers & children.
Together, we can and will defeat Trump’s authoritarianism.
Everyone says Europe can't compete with America in tech.
— Ole Lehmann (@itsolelehmann) February 8, 2025
But 48 hours ago, Mistral's 'Le Chat' just proved them wrong:
• 13x faster than ChatGPT
• 100% open-source
• Completely free (vs $20/month)
The European AI breakthrough Silicon Valley didn't see coming ๐งต: pic.twitter.com/XFPzDeSRP9
The numbers are mind-blowing:
— Ole Lehmann (@itsolelehmann) February 8, 2025
• The FASTEST AI model on the market rn (see video below)
• Founded just over 1 year ago
• Already worth $6.2B
• Trains models at 1/5th OpenAI's cost
• Powers 40% of France's biggest companies
Meet Mistral AI...pic.twitter.com/Chs9J34PCi
In 2023, 3 French researchers (from Google DeepMind & Meta) had a radical idea:
— Ole Lehmann (@itsolelehmann) February 8, 2025
Build an AI company the European way - open-source, efficient, and privacy-focused.
The result? A company that's disrupting Silicon Valley's playbook.
While OpenAI spent $100M+ training GPT-4... pic.twitter.com/jT94bngTZU
Mistral built a competitive model for just $22M.
— Ole Lehmann (@itsolelehmann) February 8, 2025
Their secret weapon? European pragmatism:
• Open-source core technology
• Privacy-first architecture
• Capital efficiency over hype
• Strategic government backing
Speaking of government support...
French President Macron personally champions Mistral as Europe's answer to OpenAI.
— Ole Lehmann (@itsolelehmann) February 8, 2025
The French government has directly invested €40M into open-source LLM
Why? Because Mistral solves problems US companies can't: pic.twitter.com/CsPU4RoxN3
• 13x faster than ChatGPT (yes, actually)
— Ole Lehmann (@itsolelehmann) February 8, 2025
• Better image generation than DALL-E
• Premium Canva integration
• Great iOS/Android app
Want to see the difference?
Watch this speed comparison: https://t.co/8K5Im76PpP
• Processing speed: 1,000 words/sec vs ChatGPT's 650
— Ole Lehmann (@itsolelehmann) February 8, 2025
• API costs: $8 per million tokens vs GPT-4's $30
• Model efficiency: Smaller size, similar performance
And now, the biggest validation:
Microsoft — OpenAI's biggest partner — invested at a $6.5B valuation. pic.twitter.com/RQQrzSHoZK
This is the AI version of the Tet Offensive. They're throwing everything they’ve got at every shitfluencer. This is Mistral’s last attempt to break out. It’s existential for them at this point.
— Thilak Rao (@Thilak) February 8, 2025
