news Techcrunch Ai 2026-07-16

Moonshot's Kimi 3 AI Model Poised to Rival Anthropic's Opus

China's Moonshot is set to release Kimi 3, its largest open AI model, which is expected to significantly close the performance gap with Anthropic's Opus 4.8, featuring a massive parameter count.

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