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simon_willison · Jul 16, 2026 · news

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Kimi K3, and what we can still learn from the pelican benchmark

simonwillison.netJul 16, 2026
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Chinese AI lab Moonshot AI announced Kimi K3 this morning, describing it as their "most capable model to date, with 2.8 trillion parameters". It's currently available via their website and API, but an open weight rele...

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