Kimi K3, and what we can still learn from the pelican benchmark
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Hacker News is discussing Moonshot's new AI model, Kimi K3, and its performance on standard benchmarks. The Chinese lab announced K3 on Thursday as their most capable model, with two point eight trillion parameters. The model is available via API now, with an open-weight release promised by late July.
Source: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jul/16/kimi-k3/
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