French startup Mistral just dropped an AI assistant called Le Chat that can supposedly chew through 1,000 words per second. Translation: it’s fast. Real fast. But you know how I feel about speed in tech—it’s great, until it runs over something important.

For small business ops or IT teams thinking about automation—don’t be dazzled. Test the thing on something low-stakes first. And don’t use it to write policy docs or handle legal anything until it’s proven it won’t hallucinate you into a lawsuit.

I’ve seen too many people deploy fast tools that end up costing them twice as much in cleanup. Speed is only useful when paired with control.

French is still damn sexy, tho…