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October 9, 2026

Report: Mistral and others increasingly at risk of open model ‘abliteration’

A new report shows open models can be ‘abliterated’ in days and used to generate harmful content


Open-weight models such as those released by French AI darling Mistral can be easily stripped of their safety guardrails and used to answer harmful queries, according to a new report.

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Daphné Leprince-Ringuet

Daphné Leprince-Ringuet is a senior reporter for Sifted, based in Paris. She covers French tech and writes Sifted's AI and Deeptech newsletter . You can find her on X and LinkedIn

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