MOONSHOT AI OPENS KIMI K3 MODEL WEIGHTS
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Chinese startup Moonshot AI has released the weights for its Kimi K3 model under a custom license, making the technology publicly available on HuggingFace. The move expands access to a model that rivals leading Western frontier models on major benchmarks.
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