“ChinAI #368: The Affordable Luxury of Kimi K3” by Jeffrey Ding

Featured links100 RMB per Million Tokens: With Kimi Adopting “Affordable Luxury” Pricing, Will You Still Pay for K3State of AI Safety in ChinaTwo interviewsAn interviewHead of US PolicyDC Chief of StaffResearch FellowResearch ScholarGovAI Opportunities page Thank you for reading and engaging These are Jeff Ding's (sometimes) weekly translations of Chinese-language musings on AI and related topics. Jeff is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at George Washington University. Check out the archive of all past issues here & please subscribe here to support ChinAI under a Guardian/Wikipedia-style tipping model (everyone gets the same content but those who can pay for a subscription will support access for all). Any suggestions or feedback? Let me know at [email protected] or on Twitter at @jjding99 The original text contained 1 footnote which was omitted from this narration. --- First published: July 27th, 2026 Source: https://chinai.substack.com/p/chinai-368-the-affordable-luxury --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.