Mistral drops Voxtral Transcribe 2, an open-source speech model that runs on-device for pennies

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Mistral AI, the Paris-based startup positioning itself as Europe’s answer to OpenAI, released a pair of speech-to-text models on Wednesday that the company says can transcribe audio faster, more accurately, and far more cheaply than anything else on the market — all while running entirely on a smartphone or laptop. The announcement marks the latest […]

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