China Built the Largest Open AI Model in History. It Just Took the Top Coding Spot From Everyone.
On July 16, 2026, Moonshot AI released Kimi K3 — 2.8 trillion parameters, open weights, and a score that landed it at number one on the global coding benchmark. The previous Kimi ranked 18th. One generation later, it's first.
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On July 16, 2026, Moonshot AI released Kimi K3 — 2.8 trillion parameters, open weights, and a score that landed it at number one on the global coding benchmark, ahead of every American model. The previous Kimi had been ranked 18th. One generation later, it's first. The US AI industry's response was not confident.
