K3 Upgrade Feels Bigger Than Grok 4.5
theteknosaur · x · 2026-07-17
The author believes that the leap from K2 to K3 is more impressive than the jump from Grok 4 to Grok 4.5.
They emphasize that what makes K3 "special" is that it is an open weights model, making this progress highly representative for the open-weights camp.
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