So, Mistral AI and Microsoft are joining forces to bring some awesome new AI models to Azure. You can now get Mistral Large 2 and Mistral Nemo as serverless options with pay-as-you-go pricing. Here's the scoop:
Mistral Large 2:
- Super smart at reasoning and coding, supports tons of languages.
- Handles huge text chunks (128K context length).
- Only deals with text input and output.
Mistral Nemo:
- Made with Nvidia, it's a powerful 12B model.
- Supports over 100 languages with great reasoning and coding skills.
- Similar features to Mistral Large 2, including the 128K context length.
Coming Soon:
- Codestral models for code generation.
- Fine-tuning options for both models.
Why use Azure AI?
- Secure and private data handling.
- Easy API setup.
- Fun experiments in AI Studio playground.
Getting Started:
- Get an Azure subscription.
- Check out the Azure AI Model Catalog.
- Deploy your model and grab your API key.
FAQs:
- Fine-tuning is on the way.
- Costs depend on tokens used; check the Azure Marketplace for details.
- Available in several US regions.
- No need for GPU quotas.
- Buy and deploy directly from the Azure Marketplace.
- Counts towards your Azure spending commitment.
- Your data stays private.
- Rate limits apply but can be adjusted with support.
- Works with most Azure subscription types (not free/trial ones).
Get going with these cool new tools on Azure AI!
Hope this helps! 😊