LaunchAI ModelsJuly 20, 2026

China's Moonshot and Alibaba unveil frontier open-source AI models

Moonshot AI released Kimi K3, a 2.8-trillion-parameter open-source model, and Alibaba previewed Qwen3.8, a 2.4-trillion-parameter model, both claiming to rival OpenAI and Anthropic at lower cost. The releases signal China's tightening lead in AI.

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