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Moonshot AI’s Open Weights Revolution | Science News

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Moonshot AI just unleashed Kimi K3 — a Chinese AI model so powerful it’s outpacing GPT-4 and Claude Opus, and so popular it’s paused new sign-ups. But here’s the twist: they’re releasing its core code — the “weights” — by July’s end, letting anyone with the hardware run and tweak it. This open-weight move is part of China’s push for decentralized AI innovation, letting smaller players like Moonshot leverage global computing power to compete with U.S. giants. While some fear it could spark chaotic “AI communism,” others see it as a smart, collaborative strategy that could reshape the global AI landscape — turning competition into a distributed, open-source race. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/f823619e06ec7c7e

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