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Moonshot AI releases Kimi K3 open weights, rivaling top Western models
The Decoder Moonshot AI releases Kimi K3 open weights and infrastructure after shaking up the frontier model race
Moonshot AI released the weights for its Kimi K3 model, which nears top Western models on many benchmarks but lags in cybersecurity and math tests.
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A free, downloadable AI model that nears the best paid systems gives businesses and developers a cheaper alternative.
Latest brief · Jul 28, 2026