Kimi K3 debate centers on a claimed 2.8-trillion-parameter MoE model
pstAsiatech · x · 2026-07-24
The quoted thread pushes back on the idea that Kimi K3 is merely a “cloned” model.
It argues that pretraining a 2.8-trillion-parameter foundation model with sparse MoE routing is an engineering feat that cannot be faked, and says the real question is what the lab has actually achieved at scale.
Related event: Moonshot AI Unveils Trillion-Parameter Kimi K3(4 posts)→
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