{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6a29bd4132e30dceaf22a1db/6ac6f2208f340788898b5e4a?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"B1 English News | Mistral's 1 Trillion-Parameter Model Challenges Big AI","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6a29bd4132e30dceaf22a1db/fd1e5f89-e39f-48af-adf3-5b637f27bc41.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>Learn English through today’s real news. Natural-pace English at B1, with a full transcript.</p>\n\n<p>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.</p>\n\n<p>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).</p>\n\n<p>Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: <a href=\"https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-b1-2026-10-08\">https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-b1-2026-10-08</a></p>","author_name":"LinguaWire"}