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PublishedJuly 16, 2026 at 2:26 PM
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Moonshot’s upcoming Kimi 3 is expected to close the gap with Anthropic’s Opus 4.8
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The FT reports Kimi K3 will be the largest open AI model from China, with a parameter count between 2 trillion and 3 trillion.
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