Kimi Catches Up With Frontier Public Models
tszzl · x · 2026-07-17
The author argues that **the era of "Chinese labs lagging far behind" is over**. He specifically notes that **Kimi is now at least on par with current mainstream frontier public models**. Consequently, the industry needs a new perspective on the competition: we should no longer assume an inherent gap in Chinese models, nor treat the "leading advantage" as a fixed premise.
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