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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