Kimi K3’s open-source release is drawing more excitement than Opus 5
Angaisb_ · x · 2026-07-23
A user says they are more excited about Kimi K3 being open-sourced than about the expected release of Opus 5.
It's a reaction post rather than a formal announcement, but the concrete signal is that Kimi K3 is expected to become open source, and that alone is enough to move attention in the model community.
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