Nathan Lambert: Kimi K3.1 Pro shows Moonshot cracked RL, China keeps pace on capability
natolambert · x · 2026-10-24
Nathan Lambert's take on Kimi K3.1 Pro benchmarks: the initial K3 release was an impressive base model with lighter post-training, and it looks like the team has now figured out their RL. He notes China is very much keeping pace with frontier capability gains.
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