Kimi’s Language Strengths Spark Training Speculation

Debate around Kimi’s Chinese-vs-English reasoning intensified after a screenshot showed it calling Chinese its “native language” while saying its English is still strong enough for most tasks. The discussion also fed speculation about distillation and training data sources.

2026-07-23 ~ 2026-07-23 · 2 related posts

• A user asks whether Kimi reasons better in Chinese than in English — amyxlu · 2026-07-23
• Kimi says Chinese is its native tongue, but English still handles most tasks well — amyxlu · 2026-07-23