Consensus answer
No, Mistral did not secretly release and then remove an AI model called "Le Chaton Fat."
"Le Chaton Fat" is entirely a viral internet meme and a satirical hoax consens numerama. The name itself is a playful pun combining "Le Chat"—the name of Mistral's actual chatbot interface—with the phrase "fat kitten" consens x.
The rumor that a model was "removed hours later" originated from a now-deleted joke announcement teasing a fictional model digg digg. Users on social media platforms like X and Reddit circulated screenshots with increasingly absurd, fabricated specifications, claiming the AI was a 24- to 30-trillion-parameter "Mixture of Experts" model featuring a 1-million token context window and native LaTeX rendering consens digg reddit.
There is no evidence of any actual project or software behind the joke digg. Mistral never developed, released, or suspended a model by this name, and the company's real, documented model lineup remains completely unrelated to the meme consens mistral.
Differences
1 notable difference (1 contradiction) across 6 models.
Whether Mistral officially posted and deleted the joke announcement.
Mistral posted and deleted the joke.
Mistral, Grok, OpenAI
“Mistral briefly posted a joke announcement for a fictional 24-trillion-parameter model and then deleted it”
The post was not from Mistral's official account.
Anthropic
“Mistral AI's official channels had no such post; it was a shitpost/parody by accounts that got mistaken for real.”
How to verify: Check if the original joke announcement was posted by Mistral's official social media account or by a third-party parody account.
Best answerAnthropic
Sources
- 1 consens.io vertexaisearch.cloud.google.com
- 2 yiaho.com vertexaisearch.cloud.google.com
- 3 Did Mistral really release and suspend “Le Chaton Fat,” or is this a v consens.io
- 4 x.com
- 5 “le chaton” means “the kitten” (chat = cat), combined with “ ... x.com
- 6 Mistral AI posts and deletes a joke announcement for a ... digg.com
- 7 Le Chaton Fat : le faux modèle de Mistral AI dont tout le monde parle - Numerama numerama.com
- 8 Mistral AI posts and deletes a joke announcement for a fictional 24-trillion-parameter model named Le Chaton Fat · Digg digg.com
- 9 Mistral Docs docs.mistral.ai
- 10 What is going on with Le Chaton Fat? reddit.com
Cite this answer
consens.io. (2026-06-16). Consensus answer to "Did Mistral secretly release Le Chaton Fat and remove it hours later?". Models consulted: OpenAI, Mistral, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini, DeepSeek, Grok. Consensus model: Gemini-Pro. Sources: https://vertexaisearch.cloud.google.com/grounding-api-redirect/AUZIYQGNO2ti04O847xQS8J8ifGyi2M2qkKKHN_vrFvB9cL0cc8M0-tBVzYfej_DtOOOoiQr5j1RTk57JH9NIOuCs6KBDo8VtGEA8dIKHHS8nnzTExJDOajzQnW9QP7W1_UcmmZtbJYpPwEMsVL0SJywpbds0ULLQyYZk7yu1NCGiM8sOlwt-vCACInEWJxOO-GO17rRNovXfyfxbXCX, https://vertexaisearch.cloud.google.com/grounding-api-redirect/AUZIYQF542OR4AaREIyrpdJJBEE9crjmz45U4wxDsPFkeakSI3MEsSeOnksi0y9gQcW7AVZ5ChHx6fKCLyG9Gn7LlcDlE949XD-kk1pTaNThlr7xoXWPnqwi3pvfyhpGyx4I-Dzpfw==, https://www.consens.io/s/did-mistral-really-release-and-suspend-le-chaton-fat-or-is-naCoyB1z3nPkMdwY, https://x.com/gavinpurcell/status/2066545380528144748, https://x.com/FATCAed/status/2066457144124231852, https://digg.com/tech/vhqeuqgz?sort=timeline, https://www.numerama.com/tech/2276253-cest-quoi-le-chaton-fat-le-modele-de-mistral-ai-qui-affole-les-reseaux-sociaux.html?utm_source=openai, https://digg.com/tech/vhqeuqgz?sort=timeline&utm_source=openai, https://docs.mistral.ai/models?utm_source=openai, https://www.reddit.com/r/MistralAI/comments/1u6f0dm/what_is_going_on_with_le_chaton_fat/?utm_source=openai Retrieved from https://www.consens.io/s/did-mistral-secretly-release-le-chaton-fat-and-remove-it-NBuxywAQQUGZaZeF
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