Report: Moonshot distilled OpenAI's Astra to train Kimi K3.1 Pro
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The Information reports Moonshot AI distilled OpenAI's Astra while developing Kimi K3.1 Pro, released last week, per three people with direct knowledge. DeepSeek's V4.1-Flash 1017, an Oct. 17 upgrade, is also cited as an Astra distillation target.
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