Kimi k3 Rumored to Launch Tonight
kimmonismus · x · 2026-07-16
According to leaks from the Financial Times, Kimi k3 is slated for release tonight.
Key details shared:
- Scale of approximately 2–3 trillion parameters, significantly larger than the mentioned Opus 4.8 at around 1.5 trillion parameters.
- A context length of 1 million tokens.
- Expected performance to surpass Opus 4.8.
The author concludes with a bold take: Chinese LLMs are no longer just half a year behind, marking this launch as a potential milestone.
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