Moonshot AI releases Kimi K3 — open-weight frontier at 2.8T parameters
Moonshot AI launched Kimi K3 — an open-weight model with 2.8T parameters per the vendor. Open weights from July 27. What it means for the market.
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Moonshot AI launched Kimi K3 — an open-weight model with 2.8T parameters per the vendor. Open weights from July 27. What it means for the market.
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