Moonshot AI releases Kimi K3, a 2.8-trillion-parameter open-source model

Beijing-based AI startup Moonshot AI, backed by Alibaba, released Kimi K3, a 2.8-trillion-parameter model that the company says is the largest open-source model ever and rivals top U.S. systems.

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