China’s Kimi K3 AI Matches Top US Models — and Washington Is Demanding Answers
TLDR
- Chinese startup Moonshot AI launched Kimi K3, a free open-weight AI model matching top US systems like OpenAI’s GPT and Anthropic’s Claude
- Demand was so high Moonshot suspended new subscriptions within two days of launch
- White House official Michael Kratsios accused Moonshot of stealing Anthropic’s Fable model through distillation
- Moonshot and China’s embassy denied the allegations, calling them “entirely unfounded”
- US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned sanctions and trade blacklisting are on the table
Chinese AI startup Moonshot AI launched Kimi K3 on Friday, describing it as a 2.8 trillion-parameter open-weight model. The company says it delivers performance close to Anthropic’s Fable, one of the most advanced US AI systems available.
🚨JUST IN: White House technology chief Michael Kratsios accuses Chinese AI startup Moonshot of illegally accessing US technology to develop its Kimi K3 model.
Kratsios alleges the company obtained servers using NVIDIA GB300 chips and routed workloads through infrastructure in… https://t.co/i2M8rPDdY0 pic.twitter.com/GBZhvuRcVr
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