Why data is the biggest AI bottleneck (feat. Arthur Mensch of Mistral AI) | E2212

Today's Show: The race for more compute gets all the attention, but Mistral AI CEO Arthur Mensch tells us the real challenge may soon be a shortage of high-quality data. On TWiST, Jason and Alex talk with the head of Mistral AI — one of Europe’s leading foundation model companies — about how businesses can get more value from their AI pilots, whether the industry needs more direction around open-source development, why Mistral doesn’t pursue every possible AI application, and how to optimize models for meaningful performance instead of chasing benchmarks (aka “benchmaxxing”). They also discu…