According to a report covered by Sifted, Mistral and other developers of open-weight models are increasingly at risk of 'abliteration'. The term refers to the removal of safety fine-tuning, a process that can strip away the guardrails built into a model.

The report's warning highlights a persistent challenge for the open-model business: balancing accessibility with safety. For companies like Mistral, this risk may become a more important factor in how they design and release their models.