Moonshot’s Kimi K3 weights are now downloadable on Hugging Face
iamaliveix · x · 2026-07-28
Moonshot’s Kimi K3 weights are now being downloaded on Hugging Face, sparking reactions about open access to frontier-level intelligence.
The post frames the release as a notable moment for open-weight AI: a Chinese lab is letting users download a model that reportedly cost tens of millions of dollars to train and develop, then store it locally.
Related event: Moonshot AI Releases 2.8T Open-Weight Model Kimi K3(53 posts)→
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