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by Mashimo 58 days ago
Compared to all other hosted LLMs that I have tested, Mistral seems to be the only one with rather strict CSP headers. When you ask them to create a website with some javascript library it will not preview, even though le chat offers canvas mode.

Sometimes when a new release comes around from any provider I just want to test it a bit on the web. without paying and using an agent harness.

Why are they like this ;_;

Edit: Christ on a bike it's bad at drawing SVGs https://chat.mistral.ai/chat/23214adb-5530-4af9-bb47-90f5219...
3 comments
SyneRyder 58 days ago
> Edit: Christ on a bike it's bad at drawing SVGs

On the bike would be an improvement. Geez.

I know SVGs may not be the best benchmark, but that matches my experience of trying to run a (previous) Mistral model in Mistral Vibe, asking it to help me configure an MCP server in Vibe. It confidently explained that MCP is the MineCraft Protocol and then began a search of my computer looking for Minecraft binaries.

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2ndorderthought 58 days ago
I have never wanted, needed or hoped to draw svgs with an LLM. All of the models suck at it, some are just more fun or something.
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Mashimo 58 days ago
I can't speak for what you consider sucking, but there is a significant difference between Mistral and Kimi or Gemini. I find the others to be usable for my needs.
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2ndorderthought 58 days ago
I agree there is a difference but does that translate to anything? It's not the same operations used to write code, and it's kind of useless. I wouldn't waste my power bill ensuring a model I was releasing was good at it.
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Mashimo 58 days ago
> It's not the same operations used to write code

Is it not? It's html and javascript. And not even attempting to draw details that other models do.

When I try other html / js prompts it also lacks behind china models from over half a year ago. I mean worse then GLM 4.7.

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2ndorderthought 58 days ago
I've only tried it via the web so far and it's working great for my usual test prompts. Looks like it was trained on some pretty recent data.
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andai 58 days ago
Claude volunteered this the other day:

https://iili.io/BsfyNXR.jpg

(I think the hair was unintentional, but it is impossible to be sure.)

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ffsm8 57 days ago
Are those cherries overlayed ontop of boobs with a bus to the side, driving towards a rock? Scnr
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