Open model cyber capabilities near Opus 4.6 level: no K3 harm yet, but trend worries safety watchers

xeophon · x · 2026-09-10

• X discussion on Kimi K3, released 2 months ago and causing community uproar for bringing strong cyber capabilities to an open model. Careful assessments (AISI/CAISI) put it around Opus 4.6 level at cyber.
• No documented case of K3 causing real harm so far, but commenters worry about the trend of open models steadily improving on cyber — meaningful change could come if a model hits Mythos/5.6-Sol level within 1-2 months.
• One suggestion: benchmark "abliterated" models on SWE + cyber suites to test whether abliteration mostly larp-degrades capabilities.

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