Mistral has been thrust into the spotlight after being accused of "distilling" the DeepSeek model. A former female employee took to Twitter with a mass email, shedding light on numerous misconducts within the company. Among these revelations, the most striking is the claim that Mistral's latest model is essentially a distillation of DeepSeek, yet it was publicized as a groundbreaking reinforcement learning (RL) success story. Additionally, there are suspicions of benchmark test result misrepresentation. This bombshell exposure has generated widespread alarm and scrutiny.