MoonShot's Kimi breaks US AI lead over China
7/18/2026 · Model/APIMoonShot's Kimi model challenges the conventional view of US superiority in cutting-edge AI.
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Kimi
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Model · 8 events
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Latest update7/18/2026, 7:00:00 PM
CategoriesModel/API, Open Source, Research
SourcesAINews（smol.ai）, Bloomberg：Technology, Latent Space（swyx）, MarkTechPost, Simon Willison：Blog
EVENTS · 8
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Moonshot AI Releases 2.8T-Parameter Kimi K3, Pledges Open Source in 2026
7/17/2026 · Model/APIMoonshot AI launched Kimi K3 with 2.8 trillion parameters, available via web and API, with open-source weights promised by July 27, 2027.
Moonshot AI Releases Kimi K3: 2.8T Parameters & 1M Context
7/16/2026 · Model/APIMoonshot AI released Kimi K3, an open-source model with 2.8T parameters, 1M token context, and native multimodal input.
VibeThinker-3B: 3B Dense Reasoning Model via Spectrum-to-Signal Post-Training
6/20/2026 · Model/APIVibeThinker-3B is a 3B-parameter MIT-licensed reasoning model matching DeepSeek V3.2 and Kimi K2.5 on verifiable benchmarks.