Kimi K3 by Moonshot AI was ranked on par with Claude Fable 5 and GPT-5.6 Sol upon its release last week

2.8-trillion-parameter model designed for frontier intelligence; Kimi K3 outperforms leading U.S. models, company says.

China's Kimi AI model narrows the gap with U.S. leaders. Anthropic having the third-best AI model by July 2026 at 92% YES.

Chinese start-up Moonshot AI’s new Kimi K3 boasts a performance close to OpenAI and Anthropic’s latest models.

Kimi K3 beats latest offerings by US rivals on some benchmarks

With the release of its latest model, Moonshot AI is quickly catching up to U.S. firms Anthropic and OpenAI.

By Christine Ji and Hannah Pedone