Kimi K3 flunks a crossword task after 2 hours and $30 of prompting
Kurk_Lazaris · reddit · 2026-07-28
A Reddit user says Kimi K3 failed badly on a surprisingly practical task: building a crossword.
- They spent 2 hours and $30 trying to get the model to generate a crossword.
- The model reportedly misunderstood the algorithmic logic, the clue descriptions, and the grid construction constraints.
- It kept producing words that did not actually cross correctly.
- The poster asks whether this is simply too hard a task even for top-tier models, or whether the result reflects a broader weakness in Kimi K3.
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