Moonshot AI releases Kimi K3, a 2.6T parameter open-weights model

The 2.6T parameter model is ranked by Artificial Analysis as the leading open-weights model, scoring 57 on their Intelligence Index. It performs competitively with frontier models like Opus 4.8 and Claude Fable 5, delivering 2.8x the solves per dollar on software engineering tasks.
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Kimi K3 vs Claude Fable 5 on DeepSWE: Cost and Codingtogether.ai
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China’s Moonshot AI releases Kimi K3, the largest open-source model ever, rivaling top U.S. systemsventurebeat.com
Chinese open-weight model beats Opus 4.8 on some benchmarks, first time this has happenedreddit.com
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