LaunchAI ModelsJuly 16, 2026
Moonshot AI releases Kimi K3: 2.8T parameter open frontier model

The 2.8T-parameter model features 1M context, native multimodal, Kimi Delta Attention (6.3x faster decoding), and Attention Residuals (~25% training efficiency). It ranks #1 on SpreadsheetBench 2, scores 57 on AI Intelligence Index comparable to Opus 4.8 and GPT-5, and tops Fable 5 on several coding benchmarks. Open-weight release positions it as a strong competitor to leading frontier models.
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RT @BrianRoemmele: Kimi K3 is a gut punch to Anthropic. Its over. A 2.8T open-weight-bound Chinese...x.com
Moonshot is Chinese But Its AI Models Are From Another Planetthealgorithmicbridge.com
Moonshot’s Kimi Upends Conventional Wisdom on US Lead Over Chinabloomberg.com
[AINews] not much happened todaylatent.space
Quoting Kimi K3simonwillison.net
AI #177 Part 2: Wish You Were Herethezvi.substack.com
Chinese startup Moonshot AI unveils Kimi model it says rivals OpenAI, Anthropiccnbc.com
Interestingly, when I made a request in Chinese for Kimi K3 to pick two non-cliched poems that apply...bsky.app