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Moonshot’s Kimi K3 pushes the open-model ceiling
Jul 17, 2026SOURCE: thenextweb.com
SO WHAT
The window still rewards builders who widen access, because every open frontier model tests whether capability concentrates or spreads.
Moonshot AI says Kimi K3 is a 2.8-trillion-parameter open-weight model, staking a larger claim in the race to distribute frontier capability. The signal is less about size than the pressure it puts on the old system’s control points.
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