Mistral AI unveils Timestral probabilistic forecasting models in four sizes
Mistral AI announced Timestral, a family of state-of-the-art probabilistic forecasting models available in four sizes ranging from 5M to 209M parameters. The models are designed to be CPU-efficient and ready for zero-shot use.
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State-of-the-art probabilistic forecasting in four sizes (5M–209M params), CPU-efficient, zero-shot ready.
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