# Mistral's open model Shieldstral matches much larger safety models at a fraction of the size

> Mistral's open model Shieldstral matches much larger safety models at a fraction of the size A new paper proposes replacing fixed safety categories with yes or no questions that operators can define at runtime without…

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- **Published:** 2026-08-05
- **Category:** AI & Bots
- **Tags:** #ai
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