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B1 English News | Mistral's 1 Trillion-Parameter Model Challenges Big AI
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Learn English through today’s real news. Natural-pace English at B1, with a full transcript.
In this episode: Mistral releases Le Chonk, a one-trillion-parameter open-weight model designed for coding, cyberdefence and specialised professional work. Also: Researchers find that Zavodovski Island lost more than 680,000 chinstrap penguins between 2011 and 2025, a decline of 63 percent.
Today’s English focus: can plus a verb = to be able to do something. Vocabulary: decline (decrease), numerous (many), outnumber (to be more numerous than another group).
Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-b1-2026-10-08
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